Tourism in Algeria
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AFGHANISTAN, 2017/09/09
Destinations worldwide welcomed 598 million international tourists in the initial six months of 2017, some 36 million additional than in the same period of 2016. At 6%, increase was well above the trend of recent years, making the current January-June period the strongest half-year since 2010.
Visitor numbers reported by destinations around the world reflect strong request for international travel in the initial half of 2017, according to the new UNWTO World Tourism Barometer. Worldwide, international tourist arrivals (overnight visitors) increased by 6% compared to the same six-month period last year, well above the sustained and consistent trend of 4% or higher increase since 2010. This represents the strongest half-year in seven years.
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BOTSWANA, 2017/09/09
Market Research Company Euromonitor International revealed before this week the key trends shaping travel and tourism in Africa at the 41st Annual World Tourism Conference in Kigali, Rwanda.
According to Euromonitor International’s new data, international arrivals to Africa grew by 6.5 % in 2017, to reach 18,550 million, up from 16,351 million in 2012. Key markets such as South Africa, Kenya, Nigeria, Mozambique, Cameroon, Mauritius and Tanzania accounted for 70 % of international trips to the Sub-Saharan African region.
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ALGIERS, 2014/08/18
Despite the growing tension between Morocco and Algeria, Algerians consider their neighbor part the top 5 of their favorite destinations.
According to the Algerian daily L’Expression, Morocco remains the third favorite destination for Algerians.
Speaking to L’Expression, Amine, a manager of a travel agency in Algiers Centre, said that “the top destinations are Turkey, Tunisia, Spain and Morocco.”
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EGYPT, 2013/03/28
Additional than 40,000 new rooms across 207 hotels are currently being built by African hotel developers, according to estimates by a hospitality consultancy. And while much of the hospitality development in Africa was formerly concentrated in the five North African nations of Egypt, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Libya, the tide has turned and a lot of of the new projects are presently focused on Sub-Saharan Africa, according to W Hospitality Group, based in Lagos, Nigeria.
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ALGERIA, 2013/02/17
With an increasing number of hotel developments under way, a renewed focus on niche attractions and a spate of new regulations to legislate and encourage sustainable increase, officials in Algeria are hard at work bolstering the underdeveloped tourism sector’s potential.
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ALGERIA, 2013/01/04
With an increasing number of hotel developments under way, a renewed focus on niche attractions and a spate of new regulations to legislate and encourage sustainable increase, officials in Algeria are hard at work bolstering the underdeveloped tourism sector’s potential.
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ALGERIA, 2012/10/14
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ALGERIA, 2012/07/10
ALGIERS - Algeria has set aside 56 billion dinars (560 million euros, $720 million) to modernise its hotels and thermal baths, the tourism minister said Thursday, as the country seeks to boost sectors besides oil.