Anja Karliczek has a new tourism committee in the Bundestag!

Anja Karliczek has a new tourism committee in the Bundestag!

On Wednesday, May 21, 2025, the constituent meeting of the new committee for tourism took place in the Bundestag. Under the direction of Bundestag Vice President Josephine Ortleb (SPD), Anja Karliczek was elected chairman by the CDU/CSU. In a secret choice, she received 11 out of 14 votes, although there were no votes in favor, but there were three abstentions. The committee is thus the chairmanship in the new legislative period. Bundesag.de reports on the further details of the session.

The new committee for tourism has a total of 14 ordinary members. The distribution of parliamentary group shows a clear structure:

members of the committee

The members of the committee are divided as follows:

• CDU/CSU: Cornell-Anette Babendererde, Leif-Erik Bodin, Anja Karliczek, Michael Kießling
• AfD: Erhard Brucker, Sebastian Münzenmaier, Dario Seifert
• SPD: Frank Junge, Christoph Schmid, Stefan Zierke
• Bündnis 90/Die Grünen: Matthias Gastel, Stefan Schmidt
• Die Linke: Katalin Gennburg

Anja Karliczek, who was previously spokeswoman for the CDU/CSU parliamentary group, has been committed to innovative approaches in the travel industry in the past. Last year she expressed her goals for the industry in a talk with FVW | Traveltalk and emphasized the challenges and opportunities that the tourism sector will have to cope with in the coming years. fvw.de also adds to improve the framework for tourism in Germany.