The Tourism Division forms part of the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport and advises Government on national tourism policy. It provides the strategic direction required to support the growth of a competitive and sustainable tourism industry, through the development, implementation and influencing of a range of policy actions and programmes by the Department, its Agencies and other Government Departments, in consultation with industry partners. The tourism agencies, operating under the aegis of the Department, have been established to deal with the administration of that policy.

The responsible ministry for tourism policy is the Ministry of Employment and the Economy. It is responsible for defining the priorities of tourism policy, for the general development of tourism, and the coordination of support measures for tourism. It is also responsible for preparing legislation on tourism and maintaining international relations in the tourism sector.

The Ministry of Industry, Energy and Tourism is the department within the Spanish general administration responsible for proposing and carrying out government policy in the areas of industrial development and innovation, trade policy, small and medium sized enterprises, energy and mining, tourism, telecommunications, audiovisual media and the development of the Information Society. Additionally, the Ministry of Industry, Energy and Tourism is also responsible for submitting to the government the proposal for Spain's positioning on issues that fall within the scope of the department.

Since 2007 tourism is within the scope of competence of the Minister of Sport and Tourism.  Tourism related issues are handled by Department of Tourism. Ministry responsible for tourism cooperate with Marshals for the realization of  tasks defined in the Act on Tourism Services of 29 August 1997.

On the regional level - Marshals are responsible for realisation and implementation of tasks ordered in the framework of governmental administration, especially tasks defined in the Act on Tourism Services of 29 August 1997.

National level

The Ministry of Economic Affairs is responsible for tourism policy at the national level. The Ministry’s responsibilities include:

Tourism is regional matter in Belgium. Each of the three regions as well as the German-speaking community has its own organisation and legislation. They are acting independent from each other.

Flanders

The current organisational structure of Sweden’s tourism at national level was determined by an act of parliament in 2005. Two organisations, the government agency Tillväxtverket (the Swedish Agency for Economic and Regional Growth) and the partly stated owned company VisitSweden AB, are responsible for tourism at the national level.

The Bulgarian Ministry of Economy, Energy and Tourism has the responsibility to implement the state policy in the field of tourism and to co-ordinate the activities of the ministries and other institutions towards its implementation.

Germany is a federal state. The Federal Government is primarily responsible for establishing an appropriate policy environment for tourism. The 16 Länder (states) are responsible for the actual development, shaping and promotion of tourism.

The Federal-Länder-Committee on Tourism serves as the main platform for co-operation.

The Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy has the lead responsibility for tourism policy within the German Government.

The Ministry of Energy, Commerce, Industry and Tourism (MECIT) is the central government body responsible for tourism at the highest level and its mission is the development of the Cyprus economy through continuous support of various sectors amongst which is the tourism sector. The mission is pursued through the formulation of the appropriate legal and administrative framework and the adoption of policies and targets which create the proper business environment for Cypriot Businesses in their effort to take advantage of the opportunities that arise in the market.