Minister of Tourism and Handicrafts Yacine Hammadi revealed that 10 million tourists were registered in the year 2022.
Stressing that Algeria is able to host the African Cup of Nations (CAN) for the year 2025, thanks to its potential and its tourist capacities, Minister Hammadi said during his supervision of the meeting. national meeting of executives in the tourism sector, held at the Higher School of Hospitality and Catering in Ain El Benian, Algiers.
Algeria has taken an important step in the development of the sector, adding that local tourism has received the greatest share of attention from the sector.
He added that after having organized the CHAN 2022, Algeria is able to host the African Cup of Nations (CAN) for the year 2025, thanks to its potential and its tourist capacities. Declaring in this sense that: “We are optimistic and capable of organizing CAN 2025 and the biggest events, with the testimony of all foreign expatriates, as evidenced by the request of Côte d’Ivoire to benefit from the experience Algerian as part of its preparation for the 2024 edition.
Yacine Hammadi, Minister of Tourism and Handicrafts
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The number of tourists welcomed in Algeria exceeds 10 million in 2022
Hammadi went on to say that the sector seeks to get rid of the domination of hydrocarbons through the full exploitation of all its resources to advance the tourism sector and promote it.
The Minister of Tourism and Handicrafts stressed that tangible results have been recorded which have helped to highlight the true tourist face of Algeria. Also adding that the statistics recorded exceeded expectations, because during the year 2022, Algeria recorded an unprecedented influx of foreign and local tourists.
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Finally, in terms of figures, the Minister of Tourism and Handicrafts, Yacine Hamadi indicated that more than 10 million tourists were registered in 2022, one million during the tourist season of the desert.
