Tourist arrivals up by 30% in January-February 2013

Tourist arrivals in hotels in the Laâyoune-Boujdour-Sakia El Hamra region increased from 2,333 in January–February 2012 to 2,996 during the same period of the current year, an increase of 30%.According to statistics on the occupancy of classified hotels in the Laâyoune-Boujdour-Sakia El Hamra region established by the provincial tourism delegation in Laâyoune, resident tourists occupy the first rank with 1,743 people, an increase of 26%, followed by tourists from Scandinavian countries with 290 people. The same upward trend was recorded for arrivals of Hungarian tourists with 92 tourists compared to 10 people in 2012, and Russian tourists with an increase of 89%. Meanwhile, 168 Arab tourists visited this region during the same period.Tourist overnight stays continued the upward trend with an increase of 30%, rising from 4,359 in 2012 to 5,668 in 2013. Scandinavian tourists are in the le…