11. Conclusion The importance of intergovernmental relations and cooperative governance is of paramount importance for the growth of tourism in the country. There is a need for the Tourism National Strategy to be filtered down to municipal level in order to promote growth in the tourism sector. In as much as the Department has been instrumental in developing world class strategies and guidelines to promote tourism in the country; these strategies have not been implemented and if implemented in it is not in their entirety. In essence alignment of the three spheres remains a challenge. The geographic spread of tourism remains a major challenge especially in rural areas and successful growth in this area has an ability to translate positively towards transformation figures in the sector. In the same vein, it is important to engender a culture of innovation and that can only come about if space is created for an integrated approach involving feedback from the municipalities and other stakeholders.