EU TOURISM MINISTERS WHO’S WHO

Austria

• Tourism falls under the Federal Ministry of Science, Research and Economy

Belgium

• Ben WEYTS: Flemish Minister for Mobility, Public Works, the Flemish Periphery of Brussels, Tourism and Animal Welfare
• René COLLIN: Minister for Agriculture, Nature, Rural Affairs, Tourism and Sports Infrastructure
• Isabelle WEYKMANS: Vice-Minister-President, Minister for Culture, Employment and Tourism
• Rudi VERVOORT: Minister-President with responsibility for Local Authorities, Spatial Development, Urban Policy, Monuments and Sites, Student Affairs, Tourism, Civil Service, Scientific Research and Waste Management

Bulgaria

• Nikolina ANGUELKOVA : Minister for Tourism
• Branimir BOTEV : Deputy Minister at the Ministry of Tourism

Croatia

• Darko LORENCIN : Minister for Tourism
• Daglas KORACA : Deputy Minister for Tourism

Cyprus

• Georgios LAKKOTRYPIS: Minister for Energy, Commerce, Industry and Tourism
• Stelios D. CHIMONAS: Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Energy, Commerce, Industry and Tourism

Czech Republic

• Tourism falls under the Ministry for Regional Development

Denmark

• Tourism falls under the Ministry of Economic and Business Affairs

Estonia

• Tourism falls under the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communication

Finland

• Tourism falls under the Ministry of Employment and the Economy

France

• Tourism falls under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• Matthias FEKL: Minister of State with responsibility for Foreign Trade, the Promotion of Tourism and French Nationals Abroad

Germany

• Tourism falls under the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Energy

Greece

• Geοrgios STATHAKIS: Minister for the Economy, Infrastructure, Maritime Affairs and Tourism
• Μanoussos MANOUSSAKIS : General Secretary, Ministry of the Economy, Infrastructure, Maritime Affairs and Tourism
• Elena KOUNTOURA : Deputy Minister for Tourism

Hungary

• Tourism falls under the Ministry for National Economy

Ireland

• Paschal DONOHOE: Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport
• Michael RING: Minister of State with special responsibility for Tourism and Sport (Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport)
• Ann PHELAN: Minister of State with special responsibility for Rural Economic Development (implementation of the CEDRA report), Local Community Rural Economic Development Issues and Rural Transport (Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government and Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport)

Italy

• Dario FRANCESCHINI: Minister for Cultural Assets and Activities and Tourism
• Francesca BARRACCIU: State Secretary for Cultural Assets and Activities and Tourism
• Ilaria BORLETTI BUITONI: State Secretary for Cultural Assets and Activities and Tourism

Malta

• Edward ZAMMIT LEWIS : Minister for Tourism

Netherlands

• Tourism falls under the Ministry of Economic Affairs

Latvia

• Tourism falls under the Ministry of Economics

Lithuania

• Tourism falls under the Ministry of the Economy

Luxembourg

• Tourism falls under the Ministry for the Middle Classes, Tourism and Housing

Poland

• Andrzej BIERNAT: Minister for Sport and Tourism
• Katarzyna SOBIERAJSKA: Deputy State Secretary, Ministry of Sport and Tourism
• Bogusław ULIJASZ: Deputy State Secretary, Ministry of Sport and Tourism

Portugal

• Adolfo MESQUITA NUNES : State Secretary for Tourism

Romania

• Mihai TUDOSE: Minister for Economic Affairs, Trade and Tourism

Slovenia

• Tourism falls under the Ministry of Economic Development and Technology

Slovakia

• Tourism falls under the Ministry of Transport, Construction and Regional Development

Spain

• José Manuel SORIA LÓPEZ: Minister for Industry, Energy and Tourism
• Isabel María BORREGO CORTÉS : State Secretary for Tourism

Sweden

• Tourism falls under the Swedish Agency for Economic and Regional Growth and VisitSweden

 United Kingdom

• Helen GRANT: Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Sport and Tourism, Department for Culture, Media and Sport