Ministry of Tourism, Arts, and Culture

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

Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture
Kementerian Pelancongan, Seni dan Budaya
Coat of arms of Malaysia
Ministry overview
Formed16 May 2013 (2013-05-16)
Preceding Ministry
JurisdictionGovernment of Malaysia
HeadquartersNo. 2, Tower 1, P5/6 Road, Precinct 5, Federal Government Administrative Centre, 62200 Putrajaya
Employees3,161 (2017)
Annual budgetMYR 1,000,766,200 (2017)
Minister responsible
Deputy Minister responsible
  • Khairul Firdaus Akhbar Khan, Deputy Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture
Ministry executives
  • Noor Zari Hamat, Secretary-General
  • Mohd Zamri Mat Zain, Deputy Secretary-General (Tourism)
  • Saraya Arbi, Deputy Secretary-General (Culture)
  • Norazman Othman, Deputy Secretary-General (Management)
Child agencies
Websitewww.motac.gov.my
Footnotes
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The Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture administers his functions through the Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture and a range of other government agencies. In the Anwar Ibrahim cabinet, the ministry was renamed to Ministry of Tourism with the removal of arts and culture portfolios from the name.

Its headquarters is in Putrajaya.

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