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Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Algerian tourism boom spurs new hotels, jobs

2010-03-29

Algerian tourism officials inked a construction contract with local investors to build 28 new hotels, APS reported on Sunday (March 28th). Nearly 4,000 new jobs will be created. Speaking at the signing ceremony for the hotel deal, Town Planning, Environment and Tourism Minister Cherif Rahmani said that some 430 tourist projects begun since 2008 should generate 58,000 jobs. Rahmani also estimated the number of tourists in 2009 at 1.9 million. "Five years ago, we had 500,000," he noted.

Source: Magharebia.com
Link: http://magharebia.com/en_GB/articles/awi/newsbriefs/general/2010/03/29/newsbrief-04.

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