Tourism
28 Feb 2012
6 min read
Tourism in Agadir: After the improvement, the gloom
The Minister of Tourism, Lahcen Haddad, held a meeting last Monday at the headquarters of the Souss-Massa-Drâa region wilaya dedicated to tourism in Agadir. He is the second minister of the Benkirane government, after the Minister Delegate to the Minister of the Interior, Charki Draïss, to have travelled to the capital of Souss-Massa-Drâa. It should be noted that representatives of all concerned parties were invited to this meeting: CRT, RDTR, CPT, hoteliers, travel agents, restaurateurs, tourist guides and escorts, young promoters, service providers, elected officials, etc.
During this meeting, Abderrahim Oummani, president of the Regional Tourism Council of Agadir-Souss-Massa-Drâa, gave a presentation on the current situation of tourism in the city and the region, which has a total capacity of 16,999 rooms distributed as follows: Agadir 11,883 (69.90%), Ouarzazate 3,165 (18.62%), Zagora 800 (4.71%), Taroudant 406 (2.39%), Tiznit 382 (2.25%), Inezgane-Aït Melloul 282 (1.66%), Chtouka Aït Baha 81 (0.48%).Tourism in Agadir represents a hotel capacity of approximately 27,000 beds, 780,000 clients, 4,300,000 overnight stays, 80,000 jobs, and 6 billion dirhams in revenue.The number of arrivals in 2011 reached 1,082,121 (71.99% in Agadir), and 4,564,784 overnight stays (89.26% in Agadir).During the year 2011, there were two periods: 1 January to 30 April and 1 May to 31 December. During the first period, arrivals increased by 19.87%, i.e., 255,349 tourists compa…
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