TY - JOUR
T1 - World heritage classification and tourism: divergent trajectories in Marrakech Medina (Morocco) and M’Zab Valley (Algeria)
T2 - divergent trajectories in Marrakech Medina (Morocco) and M’Zab Valley (Algeria)
AU - Rezaei, Naimeh
AU - Nofre, Jordi
AU - Ghaderi, Zahed
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2023/9/26
Y1 - 2023/9/26
N2 - This study aims to explore the reasons that have led to unequal tourism development between the two World Heritage Sites in Little Maghreb, in Northern Africa: the Marrakech Medina in Morocco and the M’Zab Valley in Algeria. Based on an exploratory ethnography consisting of observational fieldwork and semi-structured interviews with tourists, private investors, real estate agencies, tourism agencies, local artisans, and heritage and tourism specialists, the findings reveal that unlike in Western contexts, state interventionist policies have a decisive influence on the configuration of unequal tourism development in Marrakech and M’Zab Valley. This study highlights the need for designing new, community-based policy tools in both Morocco and Algeria in order to move forward more resilient, competitive, inclusive and sustainable local economies in these two UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
AB - This study aims to explore the reasons that have led to unequal tourism development between the two World Heritage Sites in Little Maghreb, in Northern Africa: the Marrakech Medina in Morocco and the M’Zab Valley in Algeria. Based on an exploratory ethnography consisting of observational fieldwork and semi-structured interviews with tourists, private investors, real estate agencies, tourism agencies, local artisans, and heritage and tourism specialists, the findings reveal that unlike in Western contexts, state interventionist policies have a decisive influence on the configuration of unequal tourism development in Marrakech and M’Zab Valley. This study highlights the need for designing new, community-based policy tools in both Morocco and Algeria in order to move forward more resilient, competitive, inclusive and sustainable local economies in these two UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
KW - Marrakech Medina
KW - M’Zab Valley
KW - tourism development
KW - urban trajectory
KW - World Heritage Site
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U2 - 10.1080/1743873x.2023.2259509
DO - 10.1080/1743873x.2023.2259509
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85172141513
SN - 1743-873X
VL - 19
SP - 111
EP - 128
JO - Journal of Heritage Tourism
JF - Journal of Heritage Tourism
IS - 1
ER -