Law No. 14.126 creating the State Policy for Community Tourism in the State of Bahia.

This Law, consisting of 11 articles, creates the State Policy for Community Tourism within the State of Bahia. Community tourism is community-based tourism, and may be carried out in areas where there are urban, rural, forestry and water communities, such as: traditional peoples, culturally differentiated groups that recognize themselves as such, that have their own forms of social organization, that occupy and use territories and natural resources as a condition for their cultural, social, religious, ancestral and economic reproduction, using knowledge, innovations and practices generated and transmitted by tradition; indigenous communities and lands; quilombo's communities; artisanal fishing communities; conservation units; favelas and slum urban communities; rural settlement communities of land reform, recognized by the official agencies of agrarian reform and development; other family farming communities recognized by specific legislation, including Slow Food communities. Community tourism activities will be based on the following principles: sustainability; promotion of local culture and traditions; solidary economy, agroecology; community ownership, management and collective benefit; adoption of practices with minimal impact on local culture and the environment; education through learning and knowledge generated for visitors and communities.