5. Financial assistance may be granted to a business for(a) the purchase, construction, renovation, improvement or expansion of the business and the purchase of the land required for the operation of that business;
(b) the purchase of machinery, tools and equipment for operating the business and their installation;
(c) the acquisition or operation of a patent and the acquisition or operation of a concession or franchise;
(d) the improvement or consolidation of the financial structure of the business; or
(e) the acquisition of property or shares in a similar business, the amalgamation with one or more similar businesses or the grouping together of the whole or a part of their resources or interests, in accordance with the methods determined by regulation, where that acquisition, amalgamation or grouping together has an incidence on tourism.