702 million dirhams is the amount of projects recently approved in Dakhla by the Regional Investment Commission.

According to a report by the Dakhla Regional Investment Centre (CRI), ten projects totalling a budget of 702 million DH were recently validated by the Regional Investment Commission.

These projects, which should allow for the creation of 685 jobs, concern the sectors of processing industry and aquaculture (2 projects), tourism (5), services (2), and energy and mines (1).

According to this report, of which ALM obtained a copy, immense efforts have been made in recent years to make the region's potential known and consolidate its attractiveness, through various urban renovation projects, in order to take advantage of its exceptional position and its diversified assets, notably through various actions to open up the region with a view to favouring its opening and ensuring its interconnection with the other cities of the Kingdom, which makes it today a privileged destination for investors wishing to invest in the Southern provinces.

And to add that these significant potentials are reinforced by the multiple infrastructures available to the region and the accompanying measures that have been undertaken to allow national and foreign investors to choose this region as a privileged destination for their projects.

"The various programmes and projects initiated in recent years in the region to revive the various sectors and improve the living environment and conditions of citizens have allowed this region to undergo a major transformation in terms of socio-economic and urban development, which undeniably constitutes assets reinforcing the region's attractiveness," explains this report.

This region offers a wide range of undeniable economic assets that whet the appetite of businessmen and foreign groups, particularly in the fields of fishing, agriculture, tourism, and livestock, sectors that present great investment opportunities and significant development potential.

This city is also experiencing the launch of programmes to strengthen infrastructure, eradicate insalubrious housing, consolidate collective equipment and industrial zones, support social and local projects, promote investment, and open up the Oued Eddahab-Lagouira region.

Already, a group of Moroccan and Australian investors are planning the realisation of a shellfish farming project whose total cost is more than 240 million dirhams and which will generate the creation of some 400 direct and indirect jobs in this region, which is world-renowned for the richness of its waters.