Zagora desert metropolis of tourism in Morocco

Diversified tourist product Moroccan ethnic diversity and geographical nature and civilization. It exploits the historical tourism in the cities of Fez and Marrakesh and Rabat, to business tourism in Casablanca, to marine tourism in Agadir Saidia and Tangier, and mountain tourism in Azilal and Toubkal, in addition to cultural tourism and conference tourism. Within this diversity seek desert tourism struggled to impose its presence in the arena, relying on the grounds that the elements of excellence does not exist outside the space desert. 

Ouarzazate is renowned as the tourism capital of the desert, even though all of the talk about the oases of Ouarzazate and dunes, it certainly means Zagora region. Because Ouarzazate far from the dunes distance from Zagora. Also concerned, of course, talking about all of the valleys of Ouarzazate, because they all are in the Draa Valley, the largest valleys of Morocco, and Hadharth city of Zagora. It is noteworthy that the history of this region is the cradle of the family that ruled Morocco Saadia in the sixteenth century, and its influence has spread even Timbuktu in Mali. Here are upright, such as painting and Draa Valley Visitors remember: «Timbuktu: 52 days». This city has lived through the centuries old mission station in the way of trade caravans between Marrakesh and Timbuktu. 

Zagora name is derived from the Mount «Tazkurt» which sheltering shadow, and «Ozkur» in the local dialect means treasure. Force attractions enjoyed by the region, making it as its name implies inexhaustible treasure. But the visitor finds himself in a poor city swells randomly central vacuum. Perhaps that is reflected in her free from the market in the level of population size. Who believes that the yard has exceeded the vegetables and mourning is all there is to it? The population Good Guys, after decades of urbanization, still prefer the weekly market they set up here on Wednesday and Sunday afternoon Atoon tents. Dusty alleys live Internet time, which refers to painting hanging on the wall of worn-out. The simple life of the people of the region opposite the lives of tourist hotels and Bzarat traditional industry. Sighs Sheikh Drawi (relative to the Draa Valley), which contemplates an adjacent bazaar, and confirms that more than half of the exhibits is a local produce is marketed at the expense of the local. Pottery regret instead of pottery Tamkrot (20 km from Zagora), carpet and carpet Atlantic overwhelm Wazzkaitih. But he avoids going into the reasons for it. Indeed, the beauty of the sunset in Zagora, unsung tourists, also sang sunset Mahamed deer, do not care about the people of the city Almncglun living more pressing concerns. And is described by one of her sons, says that Zagora district (cut-throat) featuring popular among a large inbuilt chain of hotels, cafes and restaurants and Albzarat and other goods and services provided to potential tourists.
Folklore Baiqaath outstanding male dancer, and the closet in the corner of Nasiriyah «Tamkrot» Bmkhtootadtha rare, in turn, have become in the service of tourism.
Even today it is difficult to talk about without Zagora tourists.
Thus this city woke up one day, and found herself present desert tourism. Had the title registered in the name of Ouarzazate, as the center of the province.
The main activity here, after the public administration, is tourism. As long as horticulture small does not help in the least climate Omtarh rate of 70 millimeters per year. No dates Ouarzazate produced by oases and Draa Valley, Morocco henna nor produced by the «Negev», able to accommodate local labor. And immigration here is not limited to go out of the country, many of the «Drawa» (collection Drawi) immigrants in major Moroccan cities, is not united by «great feast», and the most important family events.
Experiencing periods of desert tourism and attract D, or what is termed professionals b «high season» which is witnessing the influx of foreign tourists, and the corresponding «season Wati» which is witnessing the decline of this flow by a large margin. And public tourism Mossman highs, one of the mid-March (May) to late May, and the second from September to the end of October (October). With covers the rest of the season Wati tourist months of the year. Professionals and confirms that the high season, which Nodah this week, it was better than last year, and the average attendance hotels in the province of Zagora passes away 50 per cent. Also make sure in this season significantly reduced the size of German tourists who are classified in the category of «tourists spenders», as opposed to tourists trekking organization who disembark at the cheapest prices, and «does not distract one of them on a diet is the price of bread and tomato (tomato)», according to one expression of professionals.
And corrects spokesman said 90 per cent of visitors to the area are Western tourists, and the rest divided between Moroccans and Arabs, stressing that the Arab tourists, who arrive in the capital of desert tourism, are the elite, and are interested in a hobby hunting in the wild, because the region is replete with qualifications distinct in this area.
Amateur desert tourism are mostly Westerners traveled to another world. They believe that the area of ​​Ouarzazate and the beginning of the African continent, considering what came before, Tangiers, Fez, Rabat and Casablanca, like the cities of Western or Eastern.
And expands across the Draa Valley and the largest oases region, «Mzakith and Tnzulan and Trnath and Vzoath and Ktawa and Mahamed deer». Even three decades ago was a deer from the water irrigates Draa in clear daylight. The animals and birds prairie Ofer.
Then the painting changed completely, it becomes a visitor in front of the dunes pretty sight, Tdaabha wind since time immemorial not settle on the form. In the natural movement creeps on orchards, and beyond the high walls built around «pictures» Draa, a collective housing units dungeon of enemies at a time «Saybah», and sand encroachment at the present time. And reveal their names for coexistence to the extent of intermingling between the different races. These «pictures» Arabic names, home to the Amazigh, the names of other neighboring Arab-populated HCA. In the corner of a vast wilderness of the picture expands the Negev north to the Algerian border, and covers the steppes of Sidi Abdel Nabi zone that separates Zakrh desert «Tata». Hundreds of hectares where not only «Wormwood and the wind» on the extent of expression Moroccan. Wormwood herb is marketed by «Attara» Oroadha for in the books of herbs Kchwee to stomach disease. The Mount leads the builder's expanding like a snake Ostorio of Mount «Kisan» corresponding to the village to Agdz Mahamid.