Ministry of Tourism
Portuguese: Ministério do Turismo
Ministry overview
Formed1 January 2003 (2003-01-01)
JurisdictionFederal government of Brazil
HeadquartersEsplanada dos Ministérios, Bloco U
Brasília, Federal District
Annual budget$826.9 m BRL (2023)[1]
Minister responsible
  • Celso Sabino
Websitewww.gov.br/turismo/

The Ministry of Tourism (Portuguese: Ministério do Turismo) is a cabinet-level federal ministry created on January 1, 2003. It is responsible for Embratur, the Brazilian Tourist Board.

Developing tourism as a sustainable economic activity with a relevant role for the generation of jobs and foreign currency and providing social inclusion. The Ministry of Tourism is innovating in the handling of public policies with a decentralized management model, guided by strategic thinking.

Its organizational structure comprises the National Secretariat of Tourism Policies, which assumes the role of carrying out the national policy for the sector, oriented by the directives from the national Council of Tourism. In addition, it is responsible for the internal promotion and oversees the quality of the provision of the Brazilian tourism service.

The National Secretariat of Programs for the Development of Tourism is responsible for subsidizing the formulation of plans, programs and actions for the strengthening of national tourism. The duties of the body are the promotion and development of infrastructure and the improvement in the quality of the services rendered.

EMBRATUR – Brazilian Tourism Institute, established on November 18, 1966, as a Brazilian tourism enterprise, had the objective of fostering tourism activity by making feasible conditions for the generation of jobs, income and development throughout the country.

Since January 2003, upon the establishment of the Ministry of Tourism, EMBRATUR's actions were concentrated in the promotion, marketing and support to the trading of products, services and tourism destinations. [2]

List of ministers

No. Portrait MinisterTook officeLeft officeTime in officePartyPresident
1
Walfrido dos Mares Guia
Walfrido dos Mares Guia
(born 1942)
1 January 2003 (2003-01-01)22 March 2007 (2007-03-22)4 years, 80 days PTBLuiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT)
2
Marta Suplicy
Marta Suplicy
(born 1945)
22 March 2007 (2007-03-22)3 June 2008 (2008-06-03)1 year, 73 days PTLuiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT)
3
Luiz Barreto Filho
Luiz Barreto Filho
(born 1962)
3 June 2008 (2008-06-03)1 January 2011 (2011-01-01)2 years, 212 days IndependentLuiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT)
4
Pedro Novais
Pedro Novais
(born 1930)
1 January 2011 (2011-01-01)14 September 2011 (2011-09-14)256 days MDBDilma Rousseff (PT)
5
Gastão Vieira
Gastão Vieira
(born 1946)
14 September 2011 (2011-09-14)17 March 2014 (2014-03-17)2 years, 184 days MDBDilma Rousseff (PT)
6
Vinicius Lages
Vinicius Lages
(born 1957)
17 March 2014 (2014-03-17)16 April 2015 (2015-04-16)1 year, 30 days IndependentDilma Rousseff (PT)
7
Henrique Eduardo Alves
Henrique Eduardo Alves
(born 1948)
16 April 2015 (2015-04-16)28 March 2016 (2016-03-28)347 days MDBDilma Rousseff (PT)
8
Alessandro Teixeira
Alessandro Teixeira
(born 1972)
22 April 2016 (2016-04-22)12 May 2016 (2016-05-12)20 days PTDilma Rousseff (PT)
9
Henrique Eduardo Alves
Henrique Eduardo Alves
(born 1948)
12 May 2016 (2016-05-12)16 June 2016 (2016-06-16)35 days MDBMichel Temer (MDB)
10
Marx Beltrão
Marx Beltrão
(born 1979)
5 October 2016 (2016-10-05)6 April 2018 (2018-04-06)1 year, 183 days MDBMichel Temer (MDB)
11
Vinicius Lummertz
Vinicius Lummertz
(born 1960)
10 April 2018 (2018-04-10)1 January 2019 (2019-01-01)266 days PSDBMichel Temer (MDB)
12
Marcelo Álvaro Antônio
Marcelo Álvaro Antônio
(born 1974)
1 January 2019 (2019-01-01)9 December 2020 (2020-12-09)1 year, 343 days PSLJair Bolsonaro (PSL)
13
Gilson Machado Neto
Gilson Machado Neto
(born 1968)
9 December 2020 (2020-12-09)31 March 2022 (2022-03-31)1 year, 112 days PSCJair Bolsonaro (IND)
14
Carlos Brito
Carlos Brito31 March 2022 (2022-03-31)1 January 2023 (2023-01-01)276 days IndependentJair Bolsonaro (PL)
15
Daniela Carneiro
Daniela Carneiro
(born 1976)
1 January 2023 (2023-01-01)13 July 2023 (2023-07-13)193 days UNIÃOLuiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT)
16
Celso Sabino
Celso Sabino
(born 1978)
13 July 2023 (2023-07-13)Incumbent184 days UNIÃOLuiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT)

See also

Notes and references

  1. "Portaria do MPO adapta orçamento para 2023". Ministério do Planejamento e Orçamento (in Brazilian Portuguese). 16 February 2023. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
  2. "MTUR".


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