Limpopo Department: Economic Development, Environment and Tourism

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The vision of the Limpopo Department of Economic Development, Environment and Tourism is a competitive economy within a sustainable environment. Its mission is to create and facilitate the development of a competitive economy, sustainable environment and tourism growth. The Department's strategic objectives are: administration - provide strategic and administrative support to four departmental programmes; economic research and planning - research and plan targeted interventions developed in identified sectors to inform policy imperatives; integrated economic development services - develop sustainable SMMEs and cooperatives in all sectors; trade and sector development - ensure industrial development, trade and investment promotion; business regulation and governance - ensure a regulated, equitable and socially responsible business environment; environmental trade and protection (environmental quality management) - ensure sustainable environmental management, utilisation and regulation of natural resources; biodiversity and natural resource management - ensure protection and sustainable natural resource management and utilisation in the province; environmental empowerment services - provide environmental empowerment support services; infrastructure management - ensure the planning, development and maintenance of infrastructure in the provincial nature reserves; tourism planning and regulation - create an enabling environment through tourism planning, policy development and regulation; tourism destination development and transformation - contribute towards sustainable tourism destination development, growth and transformation.