Making heritage a lever for development

Participants in an international symposium pleaded, on Saturday in Moulay Idriss Zerhoune, for the valorisation of heritage with a view to making it a lever for development in the Zerhoune region."It is imperative to valorise heritage to make it a lever for development and to establish a new dynamic of regional development," stressed the participants in the 1st symposium of the city of Moulay Idriss, organised under the theme "Heritage as a lever for development".While recalling the rich historical, cultural, natural and plant heritage that this region abounds with, the speakers insisted on the imperative of redeveloping sites, neighbourhoods, alleys and tourist circuits in the city of Moulay Idriss Zerhoune and the hinterland with the objective of triggering a new dynamic of development in this historical area.They also pleaded for the organisation of cultural events aimed at integrati…