Despite its unique natural and historical heritage, Algeria’s tourism sector has long struggled to transform into an important component of the country’s economy. The tourism industry was positively galvanised after independence in 1962, and the North African country experienced relative success in attracting visitors during the 1960s and 1970s.
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Articles & Analysis | Enhanced infrastructure and human resources training to give tourism its rightful place in the economy from The Report: Algeria 2014
Articles & Analysis | Pushing for additional private investment into the sector through the strengthening of tourism development zones from The Report: Algeria 2014
Establishing the right type of incentives to attract private investment has commonly been one of the major challenges authorities have faced in developing the tourism sector. To solve this, the Algerian government has been strengthening a score of Tourism Investment Zones (Zone d’Expansion Touristique, ZET) across the country to try to funnel private investment into the...
Despite its unique natural and historical heritage, Algeria’s tourism sector has long struggled to transform into an important component of the country’s economy. Nonetheless, new government incentives, along with private initiatives to expand existing hotel capacity, are helping to modernise the sector, which has historically been sidelined by government focus on other economic activities....
In many ways, Algeria finds itself in an enviable economic position, particularly when compared with its regional neighbours. It holds the fourth-largest oil reserves and the second-largest natural gas reserves in Africa. Ample hydrocarbons revenue has allowed the government to channel capital into public expenditure programmes on infrastructure, health care, education, social housing and subsidies.
Le gouvernement ivoirien intensifie ses efforts afin d’attirer les visiteurs et investisseurs étrangers et on attend une hausse de la contribution du secteur du tourisme au PIB dès cette année.
A medida que la caída en los precios de los bienes básicos internacionales siguen enfriando el auge económico del Perú, impulsado por la minería, el sector turístico sigue perfilándose como un motor clave de crecimiento. Se espera un incremento de 5% en divisas de más de tres millones de turistas en 2014, según datos oficiales.