Tourism is in third place in the ranking of "BIG" sectors of world trade. Revenues from tourism surpassed only by those of the industries of oil and automobiles. Today tourism is the industry's first service in the world.
In a country like Morocco, for example, the tourism sector is considered one priority sector in the Moroccan economy. This is a real growth driver knowing that this is the second contributor to the national GDP after agriculture height of 8% and second largest creator of jobs with about 500,000 jobs).
It is the most taxed in terms of direct and indirect taxation sector. It is also a generator currency area than transfers from Moroccans living abroad according to statistics from 2012 and 32% of exports of goods and services, covering 24% of the deficit in the trade balance in 2012.
The Morocco as declared by the Minister Lahcen Haddad has reached a bed capacity of 200,000 beds in classified (excluding Riyadh kasbah ..) hotels and finally in 2013 passed the 10 million tourists, with a delay of 3 years to the goal of vision 2010 which was replaced by the 2020 vision that is intended to include Morocco among the top 20 most visited global destinations.
The cities of Marrakech and Agadir are the two most visited major cities of the kingdom, and illustrate the most important types of tourism that are the seaside and cultural, followed by other forms of alternative tourism such as eco tourism and other forms of niche tourism. (Skydiving, boating ...)
But to further develop this sector must develop in parallel all other fields to which it is linked, including transportation, infrastructure, services ... And it must be based on a self-centered capital and local produce as much of the value added created by tourism returns to owners of capital, international hotel chains or even the import of capital goods, facilities and food from the outside, which deprive us large sums of profits, and makes tourism more vulnerable.
And it also we must not forget the social level. It is certainly better to prepare the society to how to receive tourisme and tourists, and how to adapt with no risk of acculturation.
Mouhcine Boudanes
In a country like Morocco, for example, the tourism sector is considered one priority sector in the Moroccan economy. This is a real growth driver knowing that this is the second contributor to the national GDP after agriculture height of 8% and second largest creator of jobs with about 500,000 jobs).
It is the most taxed in terms of direct and indirect taxation sector. It is also a generator currency area than transfers from Moroccans living abroad according to statistics from 2012 and 32% of exports of goods and services, covering 24% of the deficit in the trade balance in 2012.
The Morocco as declared by the Minister Lahcen Haddad has reached a bed capacity of 200,000 beds in classified (excluding Riyadh kasbah ..) hotels and finally in 2013 passed the 10 million tourists, with a delay of 3 years to the goal of vision 2010 which was replaced by the 2020 vision that is intended to include Morocco among the top 20 most visited global destinations.
The cities of Marrakech and Agadir are the two most visited major cities of the kingdom, and illustrate the most important types of tourism that are the seaside and cultural, followed by other forms of alternative tourism such as eco tourism and other forms of niche tourism. (Skydiving, boating ...)
But to further develop this sector must develop in parallel all other fields to which it is linked, including transportation, infrastructure, services ... And it must be based on a self-centered capital and local produce as much of the value added created by tourism returns to owners of capital, international hotel chains or even the import of capital goods, facilities and food from the outside, which deprive us large sums of profits, and makes tourism more vulnerable.
And it also we must not forget the social level. It is certainly better to prepare the society to how to receive tourisme and tourists, and how to adapt with no risk of acculturation.
Mouhcine Boudanes
