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Interviews & Viewpoints | OBG talks to Pierre-Frédéric Roulot, President & CEO, Louvre Hotels Group from The Report: Algeria 2013
Although the tourism sector currently makes up 2% of GDP and attracted nearly 982,000 tourists in 2012, the government hopes to raise the sector’s GDP contribution to 5% by 2015 and boost visitor numbers to 2.5m. The 2009 Complementary Finance Law introduced a number of fiscal incentives aimed at increasing sector activity, such as cheaper access to government land and better interest rates on...
As the single most populous nation in Africa, Nigeria recently overtook South Africa as the largest economy on the continent. Natural resources, oil and gas in particular, comprise the country’s single largest revenue-earner but the 170m person economy also has seen significant activity in recent years into the industrial, financial, telecoms and – as of 2013 – power sectors.
Considerable oil and gas revenues have provided the Algerian government with sufficient funds to embark on generous public spending programmes in nearly all sectors, leading to improvements in many of the country’s headline indicators.
Articles & Analysis | Places to rest in comfort: Egypt hotel listings from The Report: Egypt 2013
View contact details and general information for some of the leading hotels and resorts in Egypt.
Articles & Analysis | Fact for visitors: Useful tips for first-time travellers to Egypt from The Report: Egypt 2013
Useful information and advice for visitors to Egypt