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ETIQUETTE: Algerians are warm and welcoming, and hospitality is a dearly-held value.

As a market of 39.5m people with substantial energy resources and steady demand for modern infrastructure supported by significant public investment, Algeria has attracted strong interest from foreign investors over the last few years.

Over the past five decades Algeria has made significant progress in the provision of health care to its citizens and tackling communicable diseases. Although basic health indicators have improved and living standards have risen, the country has witnessed an increase in chronic diseases, a common occurrence in a number of emerging markets, and...

Algeria continues to pursue its ambitions to upgrade the overall quality of education nationwide. Although results are slow to come by, the sector has made some headway over the years with school enrolment rates at the primary and secondary levels exceeding 97% and illiteracy rates dropping to 14% in 2014, down from 22% in 2008. This comes on...

While Algeria’s tourism sector is still in its infancy, a recent spate of investment directed at hotel construction is expected to boost the industry’s bed capacity over the next few years. Indeed, over 1000 tourism projects have been approved by the ministry overseeing the sector since 2008, representing a total investment of AD470bn (€4.3m)...

In the face of declining revenues on the back of low oil prices, Algeria has steered towards economic diversification with renewed focus, with tourism – among other sectors – being viewed as a key source of potential alternative revenues, as well as a vehicle for job creation and rural development. To that end, government priorities include...