Ministry of Tourism and Culture (Malaysia)

Ministry of Tourism and Culture (MOTAC)

Kementerian Pelancongan dan Kebudayaan
Ministry overview
Formed	16 May 2013; 4 years ago (2013-05-16)
Preceding agencies	Ministry of Tourism Ministry of Information, Communications and Culture
Jurisdiction	Government of Malaysia
Headquarters	No. 2, Tower 1, P5/6 Road, Precinct 5, Federal Government Administrative Centre, 62200 Putrajaya
Employees	3,161 (2017)
Annual budget	MYR 1,000,766,200 (2017)
Minister responsible	Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz, Minister of Tourism and Culture
Deputy Minister responsible	Mas Ermieyati Samsudin, Deputy Minister of Tourism and Culture
Ministry executives	Ab. Ghaffar A. Tambi, Secretary-General Nor Yahati Awang, Deputy Secretary-General (Tourism) Rashidi Hasbullah, Deputy Secretary-General (Culture) Yean Yoke Heng, Deputy Secretary-General (Management)
Website	www.motac.gov.my

The Ministry of Tourism and Culture (Malay: Kementerian Pelancongan dan Kebudayaan), abbreviated MOTAC, is a ministry of the Government of Malaysia that is responsible for tourism, culture, archives, library, museum, heritage, arts, theatre, handicraft, visual arts, convention, exhibition, Islamic tourism, craft.

The Minister of Tourism and Culture administers his functions through the Ministry of Tourism and Culture and a range of other government agencies. The current Minister of Tourism and Culture is Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz, whose term began on 16 May 2013. The current Deputy Minister of Tourism and Culture is Mas Ermieyati Samsudin.

Its headquarters is in Putrajaya.

The Ministry of Tourism and Culture is responsible for administration of several key Acts:

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