The pilot project "The Ksour Route" is part of the 2003-2004 action plan of the UNESCO intersectoral project "The Sahara of Cultures and Peoples", adopted at the Ghardaïa International Workshop (Algeria, 19-21 April 2003).
It aims to promote sustainable tourism in order to develop the local populations’ independence of action in combating poverty in southern Algeria. It is directed above all at the most deprived populations and offers them a number of resources and tools to enable them to take charge of their own development.
Following activities to promote awareness and training, heritage will be restored and cultural and natural tourism products will be made, promoted, marketed and sold by the people themselves in a sustainability initiative. The income generated by tourism will form the basis for the heritage to be upgraded, will help to create jobs, especially in agriculture and services, and will energize activities that may form part of the development of tourism.
Since this project is subregional, it will first link the Algerian Ksour into a network and then develop cross-border cultural tourist accommodation and routes to highlight the wealth of the heritage. National, subregional and international cooperation will be strengthened through the sharing of practical experiences and exchanges in the fields of the environment, the heritage and tourism.
The Sahara of Cultures and Peoples
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