Secretary of State for Tourism

Secretary of State for Tourism
Secretario de Estado de Turismo
Coat of Arms used by the Government
Incumbent
Rosario Sánchez Grau
since April 17, 2024
Ministry of Industry, Trade and Tourism
Secretariat of State for Tourism
StyleThe Most Excellent (formal)
Mrs. Secretary of State (informal)
AbbreviationSETUR
Reports toIndustry Minister
NominatorIndustry Minister
AppointerMonarch
PrecursorUnder Secretary of Tourism
FormationJuly 4, 1977
First holderIgnacio Aguirre Borrell
Websiteturismo.gob.es

The Secretary of State for Tourism (SETUR) is a high-ranking official of the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Tourism of the Government of Spain.

The Secretary of State for the Tourism is responsible for carrying out as many actions as are necessary for the definition, development, coordination and execution of the Government's tourist policies, without prejudice to the competencies of the Interministerial Committee for Tourism, as well as the institutional tourist relations of the General State Administration with international, public or private organizations, and international tourism cooperation, in coordination with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

In addition, and through the Tourism Institute of Spain (TURESPAÑA), whose Presidency corresponds to the Secretary of State, the SET exercises the function of external promotion of tourism. It's also the department responsible for the management of the Fund for the Modernization of Tourist Infrastructures (FOMIT), a fund destined to support the renovation and modernization plans of developed tourist destinations manage by the local administrations and public tourist companies.[1]

  1. ^ "Royal Decree 998/2018, of August 3, by which the basic organic structure of the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Tourism is developed". boe.es. Retrieved 2019-01-21.