Minister of Tourism (South Africa)

South Africa Minister of Tourism
List 10 other official names: Minister van Toerisme (Afrikaans) uNgqongqotjhe wezeVakatjhobukela (Southern Ndebele) UMphathiswa lezoKhenketho (Xhosa) Indvuna weZohwebo (Zulu) Indvuna Letivakashi (Swazi) Tona ya Boeti (Northern Sotho) Letona la Bohahlaudi (Sotho) Tona la Bojanala (Tswana) Holobye ya Vupfhumba (Tsonga) Minisiṱa wa Vhuendelamashango (Venda)
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Incumbent Patricia De Lille since 6 March 2023
Department of Tourism
Style	The Honourable
Appointer	President of South Africa
Inaugural holder	Kent Durr
Formation	16 August 1989
Deputy	Deputy Minister of Tourism
Website	Department of Tourism

The minister of tourism is a minister in the Cabinet of South Africa. The minister has political responsibility for the Department of Tourism.

The office was established in its current form in 2009. Before then, the tourism portfolio was the responsibility of the minister of environmental affairs and tourism.

List of ministers

List of ministers responsible for tourism, 1994–present
Portfolio		Term		Party
Environmental Affairs and Tourism	Dawie de Villiers	1994	1996	NP	Mandela
	Pallo Jordan	1996	1999	ANC	Mandela
	Valli Moosa	1999	2004	ANC	Mbeki
	Marthinus van Schalkwyk	2004	2009	NNP	Mbeki
Tourism	Marthinus van Schalkwyk	2009	2014	ANC	Zuma
	Derek Hanekom	2014	2017	ANC
	Tokozile Xasa	2017	2018	ANC
	Derek Hanekom	2018	2019	ANC	Ramaphosa
	Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane	2019	2021	ANC
	Lindiwe Sisulu	2021	2023	ANC
	Patricia De Lille	2023	–	Good

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