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06 May 2013
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Six tourist circuits to revitalise handicrafts in Fes
Upgrading tourist circuits that integrate handicrafts, multiplying tourist flows to heritage landmarks, extending the length of stay and increasing the average expenditure per tourist on the purchase of handicraft products. These are the objectives of the "Artisanat et Fès Medina" project, included in the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) programme implemented with the Agency for Partnership and Progress (APP). It essentially aims to promote memory tourism by highlighting the know-how of Fes artisans.After the Marrakesh artisans, who benefited from a similar project inaugurated last March, it is the turn of the artisans of the Kingdom's spiritual capital to strengthen their capacities to promote their products. This is thanks to the strengthening of links between the handicraft sector, the spiritual, historical, tourist and urban heritage of the Medina of Fes, and the tourism secto…
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