Cultural tourism and its role in achieving a tourist attraction to the Moroccan imperial cities: Marrakesh city is a model

السياحة الثقافية ودورها في تحقيق جذب سياحي للمدن الامبريالية المغربية: مدينة مراكش نموذجا

  • Mustapha QAMMOURI MOHAMMED V UNIVERSITY IN RABAT
Keywords: Tourism, cultural tourism, tourism development, heritage, imperial cities

Abstract

Morocco is one of the countries that attaches great importance to tourism, due to its important position in the national economy, as cultural tourism is among the oldest Moroccan tourism offers related to the ancient history of Morocco, this made the country with a competitive cultural tourist offer at the international level, as a result of the state's policies directed at restoring monuments Historical and rehabilitation of archaeological sites scattered in the imperial cities, during our article, we will try to take a model of cultural tourism and the extent of its contribution to the events of tourism development in the region of Marrakesh-Safi.

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Published
2021-03-31
How to Cite
QAMMOURI , M. (2021). Cultural tourism and its role in achieving a tourist attraction to the Moroccan imperial cities: Marrakesh city is a model. Social Empowerment Journal, 3(1), 15-28. https://doi.org/10.34118/sej.v3i1.1413
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