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Algeria to reform tourism for patronage of cultural, scenic wonders

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To enhance its reputation as a tourist powerhouse, Algeria plans to attract more tourists to its various artistic and scenic wonders as the largest nation in Africa.

With its strategic location just one hour’s flight from Europe, the vast country in North Africa provides beaches, mountains, and Roman and Islamic ruins. Its haunting Saharan landscapes allow travellers to sleep under the stars on dunes and ride camels with Tuareg nomads. Nevertheless, the tourism ministry reports that although tourist-friendly Morocco saw 14.5 million foreign visitors in 2023, larger and wealthier Algeria only saw 3.3 million.

Although security has significantly improved, experts note that for tourism to grow, Algeria must address its rigid visa requirements, and inadequate transportation infrastructure, and offer incentives to both domestic and foreign private businesses.

The National Tourism Office’s General Director, Saliha Nacerbay, presented intentions to bring in 12 million visitors by 2030, an ambitious fourfold increase.

“To achieve this, we, as the tourism and traditional industry sector, are seeking to encourage investments, provide facilities to investors, build tourist and hotel facilities,” she said, speaking at the International Tourism and Travel Fair, hosted in Algiers from May 30 to June 2.

Algeria intends to construct new hotels as well as renovate and update current ones. According to the Ministry of Tourism, over 2,000 projects have been approved thus far, 800 of which are presently being built.

Along with restoring its historical landmarks, the nation has designated 249 sites for increased tourism. About seventy sites have been prepared, according to officials, and restoration plans are in the works for fifty more locations.

Patrick Lebeau, a French traveller, quoted by Reuters emphasized that to fully realize Algeria’s tourism promises, infrastructure improvements are necessary.

“Obviously, there is a lot of tourism potential, but much work still needs to be done to attract us,” Lebeau said.

Algeria had 543,500 employees related to tourism and travel in 2021, according to the Statista website. On the other hand, Moroccan tourism experts estimate that the industry supports 700,000 direct jobs in the kingdom in addition to numerous indirect jobs.

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Trevor Noah set for ‘Off the Record’ world tour

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South African comedian and talk show host, Trevor Noah, has announced a date for his “Off The Record” global tour where he hopes to spread humour and bring his social commentary to audiences across the globe.

The former host of “The Daily Show”, who made the disclosure on his social media pages, said he would kick off his tour on July 29 in Europe.

The multi-award winning comedian known for his insightful commentary, took to his social media platforms on Thursday to share the news of his upcoming international tour.

“Love that we were able to add some US & Canada shows for 2024! See… there’s still a chance for us CA, NJ, CT & Ontario!” he wrote.

According to the itinerary he put up, the tour is set to kick off in countries like Monaco in France, Germany, the United States, Canada, The Netherlands, New Zealand and Australia, bringing his captivating comedic style to audiences across the country.

Noah’s announcement of the “Off the Record” tour was met with enthusiastic responses from his devoted followers, who took to social media to express their joy and anticipation.

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UNESCO removes Senegal’s Niokolo-Koba National Park from list of World Heritage sites in danger

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The United Nations’ Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has removed
Senegal’s Niokolo-Koba National Park from the list of World Heritage sites in Danger after citing positive results achieved by the West African country and its formal commitment to reappraise plans to the development of the property.

The UNESCO World Heritage Committee, which took the decision during its meeting in New Delhi, India, made the announcement on Wednesday July 24, saying it was satisfied with measures taken by the country to allocate considerable resources to the surveillance of the park in order to combat poaching and illegal gold panning.

The park, which is located in a lush area along the banks of the Gambia River, was included in the List of World Heritage in Danger in 2007 as poaching, basalt mining and other human activities were becoming growing threats.

The gallery forests and savannahs of Niokolo-Koba are home to a rich wildlife, including the world’s largest antelopes.

According to UNESCO, since then, monitoring of emblematic species has been stepped up and considerable resources have been allocated to the surveillance of the park in order to combat poaching and illegal gold panning, as well as to better organize the transhumance of livestock.

The body also commended the setting up of a mine pollution control system, and hailed Senegal for work that has been carried out to improve the fight against the invasive species Mimosa pigra.

The World Heritage Committee called on Senegal to continue its efforts in the coming years in so as to improve the National Park which became a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1981.

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