The Ministry of Tourism () is the Israeli government office responsible for tourism. The office was created in 1964, with Akiva Govrin being the first minister, but was appended to the Trade and Industry Ministry between 1977 and 1981. The logo for the Ministry depicts the Biblical Spies carrying fruit back from touring the Holy Land.
List of ministers The Minister of Tourism (, Sar HaTayarut) is the political head of the ministry and a member of the Israeli cabinet. Ehud Barak is the only Prime Minister to have held the position while serving as the Prime Minister. Moshe Katsav, Minister of Tourism from 1996 to 1999, served as President from 2000 to 2007. On one occasion there was a Deputy Minister of Tourism.
#MinisterPartyGovernmentTerm startTerm endNotes1Akiva GovrinMapaiAlignment1222 December 196412 January 19662Moshe KolIndependent Liberals12 January 196620 June 1977Resigned from the Knesset when appointed Minister in line with party policy3Gideon PattLikud195 August 198111 August 19814Avraham SharirLikud19, 20, 21, 2211 August 1981–Gideon PattLikud23, 2422 December 198813 July 19925Uzi BaramLabor Party25, 2613 July 199218 June 19966Moshe KatsavLikud2718 June 19966 July 19997Ehud BarakOne Israel286 July 19995 August 1999Serving Prime Minister8Amnon Lipkin-ShahakCentre Party285 August 19997 March 20019Rehavam Ze'eviNational Union297 March 200117 October 2001Assassinated while in office10Binyamin ElonNational Union2931 October 200114 March 200211Yitzhak Levy2928 February 2003–Binyamin ElonNational Union3028 February 20036 June 2004Sacked after the National Union refused to support the disengagement plan. In an ultimately unsuccessful attempt to prevent him from being fired before a cabinet vote on the plan by avoiding receiving notification of his sacking, Elon went into hiding.12Gideon EzraLikud304 July 200410 January 2005Initially appointed Acting Minister of Tourism, with the position made permanent 31 August 200413Avraham HirschsonKadima3010 January 20054 May 200614Isaac HerzogLabor Party314 May 200621 March 200715Yitzhak AharonovichYisrael Beiteinu3121 March 200716 January 200816Ruhama AvrahamKadima3114 July 200831 March 200917Stas MisezhnikovYisrael Beiteinu3231 March 200918 March 201318Uzi LandauYisrael Beiteinu3318 March 201314 May 201519Yariv LevinLikud3414 May 201517 May 202020Asaf ZamirBlue and White3517 May 20202 October 202021Blue and White3514 October 2020 13 June 2021 22Yesh Atid3613 June 202129 December 2022 23Likud3729 December 2022
Deputy Ministers #MinisterPartyGovernmentTerm startTerm end1Yehuda Sha'ariIndependent Liberals1522 December 196910 March 1974
See also Tourism in Israel
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