The city of Dakhla, a jewel of the Moroccan South, will be equipped with a prestigious desert resort at an investment cost exceeding one billion dirhams. According to a statement from the Ministry of Tourism, this project, which includes accommodation and entertainment infrastructure, will be positioned as an Eco Resort, oriented towards desert tourism. It added that this resort will allow visitors to enjoy a luxurious and environmentally friendly setting, with entertainment, accommodation, and dining components appropriate to the desert theme. This project is part of the Vision 2020 plan, which provides for the development of new sustainable and environmentally friendly infrastructure, will boost regional dynamics in the southern provinces, and will serve as an economic lever for local development. It will be carried out by the diversified Emirati investment group Al Shafi, based in Abu Dhabi, which is listed on the stock exchange and considered a leader in local real estate market brokerage (Abu Dhabi and Dubai). The group manages over 250 million dollars in assets and private investments, including a significant land reserve and a real estate portfolio. For tourism stakeholders based in the southern provinces, the interest shown by foreign investment groups in investing further in the Kingdom and the southern provinces denotes the confidence expressed by these groups in this region and its future. This interest has notably materialized through the launch of several large-scale tourism projects, as is the case with the project based in Oued Chbika in Tan Tan, which covers a total area of 1,500 hectares and is expected to create approximately 15,000 jobs. It also aims to build a large city with all services and promises to attract thousands of visitors to the southern provinces of the Kingdom. The site will also consist of a 5-star marina, 8 hotels with a capacity of 2,500 beds, to which must be added 1,851 residential units, a golf course, a convention centre, and leisure and sports infrastructure, a craft centre, and other shops and restaurants. Added to this is the Plage Blanche project in Guelmim, whose programme essentially includes hotel units (5 and 4-star and tourist holiday villages) with a capacity of approximately 5,300 beds, as well as tourist residences with a total capacity of 7,400 beds. In addition to residential units with a total capacity of 10,500 beds, or approximately 2,200 apartments and villas. A project to build a tourist village belonging to Club Med is also planned in the Oued Eddahab-Lagouira region. And to support this tourism dynamic, RAM has just strengthened its air links with the southern provinces with promotional prices. The ticket price will also be set at 600 DH for a one-way Casablanca-Guelmim-Tan Tan flight, 800 DH for Casablanca-Laayoune, and 1,000 DH for Casablanca-Dakhla.