Cruise ships will be allowed to operate their casinos while docked in Bermuda ports following passage by the country’s parliament Wednesday of the Cruise Ship Casino Act 2013, according to local press reports.

Bermuda’s legislators approved a legal framework for the island’s first-ever Tourism Authority on Friday, Sept. 26, following a long debate, according to local press reports. Bermuda’s Tourism Authority Act will dissolve the island’s existing department of tourism and tourism board in favor of a single agency.