The importance of travel

The trip is one of the most popular activities in most companies. We all have within us the curiosity that drives us to discover other landscapes, to learn new languages, to get acquainted with people who do not share the same culture, traditions or the same as us. Furthermore, the fact of traveling we learn what tolerance and improves our social life by accustoming us to meet people who do not live the same way we can but we learn a lot about life. It is also a very fun way to learn new languages ​​while remaining responsive to the people we encounter during our travels.

The dream is a journey, a day in your life is a journey to a trip objectif.Le is the dream of the young and not so young, old and old, women and men and also the world enfants.Tout finds pleasure in traveling to discover this world full of mysteries.

Many are those who wish to travel .The first things that put them in their bags, a pen and a diary to write it .... do not forget to write everything seen, heard or learned. Write about the places, towns and villages, distant lands and cultures of the people we can see that through the stellites.et their languages ​​and dialects that means nothing to you but to them a lot.
The second thing to remember, a novel and a camera to record the five organs of senses voyage.Tes will work well during your trip, a variety of color, race, climate, language, animals and kitchen at their disposition..Le trip is a school where the teacher and the student is even you. In his classes are taught every language spoken, we know all the people we get another education and a degree from the end of study at the end of the trip.
-For Schoolchildren sometimes their teachers ask them the first day of school to tell them about their travel experience.
-For Used their bosses ask them if it is possible to invest in the countries visited. They have a lot to tell, especially if they took advantage to work on the projects below.
-For Bosses themselves the trip is for business, for research of the market, customers, consumers and for a study aimed at improving projects.

The tourism industry in Morocco

The tourism industry in Morocco is an important economic sector; Year after year, it accounts for 8% to 10% of GDP. In terms of tourism, Morocco has remarkable advantages: its climate, its specific culture, imperial cities and its geographical position. Despite these competitive advantages, the tourism sector is undergoing profound changes in recent years. In this short article we will analyze recent developments in foreign tourism tourist overnight stays in the key city of Marrakech and the divergent effects of the two Gulf Wars on Moroccan tourism.
 
Tourism in Morocco in the last fifteen years


Table 1 shows the annual growth rate moyen1pour "international tourists to stay" in blocks of five years, from 1998 to 2002 the growth of tourists throughout the period was only 0.8% . From 1988 to 1992, annual growth was remarkably strong (13.1%). This high was followed by a very marked decline in the years 1993-1997 (an annual decline of -11.3%). Finally, the most recent period, from 1998 to 2002, experiencing a modest growth of 2.6% annually. These data show that the Moroccan tourism industry has been hit hard by cycles of short periods which greatly hinder its development. These cycles depend on both political and economic factors; as reported by Mimoun Hillali: "Tourism is vital to Morocco and Tunisia sector has not recovered from the consequences of a decade of economic shocks and military conflicts in (and continue to do so elsewhere ) Arab countries in particular and the world in general. " (Hillali, 2004 : 38)

Table 1 - The average annual growth rate (geometric mean) "international tourists to stay" in Morocco, in blocks of five years, from 1988 to 2002

Years	Average annual growth
1988-1992	13,1 %
1993-1997	-11,3 %
1998-2002	2,65 %
1988-2002	0,8 %

The nights in Marrakech

Marrakech is the jewel of Morocco's imperial cities; alone account for Marrakech third nights of the whole country; it is a microcosm for analyzing the state of tourism. Five European countries are the main clients of tourism, both for "international tourists to stay" and for hotel stays. These five countries, France, Spain, England, Germany and Italy, 68% of all foreign tourist customers.

Table 2 shows the average annual growth rate of overnight stays in Marrakech for the five countries for the period 1999-2003. Nights growth of French tourists is low (1% per year); there is a sharp drop in overnight stays by Spanish tourists (-18.2%), Germany (-27.5%) and Italy (-16.9%); only English tourists represent clients in real growth (7.6%).

Shares marché2de these various clienteles have evolved significantly over the past decade: in 1993, the French tourists accounted for 59% of overnight stays; This percentage rose to 73% in 1999 and 83% in 2003 Marrakech, this jewel of the kingdom, has become a tourist attraction for the French elite mass media, the entertainment world and even tenor of politics. The tourism industry in Marrakech is increasingly dependent on the arrival of French tourists.


 Hillali, Mimoun (2004), « Risque politique et tourisme au Maghreb », Téoros, vol. 23, no 1, p.38.

References

Bibliographical reference

Jean Stafford, « Le tourisme au Maroc : entre le temps et les événements », Téoros, 24-1 | 2005, 53-54.

Electronic reference

Jean Stafford, « Le tourisme au Maroc : entre le temps et les événements », Téoros [Online], 24-1 | 2005, Online since 24 January 2012, connection on 16 August 2014. URL : http://teoros.revues.org/1516

Travel as lifestyle and yet intimate quest

"A journey does not need reasons. It does not take long to prove that it is sufficient in itself. we think we will take a trip, but soon it is the journey that makes you, or you defeated."

These few now famous lines became the credo explorers worldwide. To pack up, leave everything behind, from a distant and unknown land without knowing what they will find and how long it will stay there: it was the idea that Nicolas Bouvier and his friend Thierry Vernet had of travel ... in the early 1950s, the two men have wandered for eighteen months between Geneva and Kabul, and shared their journey in a cult book: the Way of the World, published in 1963.

Tonight, for this last show of the season, listen to these writers for whom travel is a state of mind, a way of life now, but also a personal quest, an opportunity to reconcile with yourself .. .

Turkey to Patagonia, through the Libyan desert and even the bowels of the Earth: follow the trail of these adventurers to the pen, which the good word of Pascal, 'could not stand quietly in a room ...

The future of travel

The well-known saying « Leave only footprints-take only photographs » sounds narve. The presence of tourists in foreign country always has an impact not only via waste disposal and pollution of the environment but also through the destruction of local traditions and traditional ways of life.

Travel means discovery, challenge, and new experiences. But a journey of discovery is only successful if it does not destroy what it discovers. Travellers need to educate themselves to minimize their impact on the local environment, infrastructure, people and culture. An ethics of travel should be connected not only with the economic impact of travel, but also with how visitors impact the cultures of their host countries. While travel is a way to promote peace, mutual understanding, and friendship between the peoples of different cultures, it also causes economic inequalities and cultural and environmental degradation.

Much of travel today is about consumption-the consumption of foreign places, cultures, and people.

The colourful locals are often objects of curiosity and visual consumption, part of an exotic land to be admired and photographed. The interactions between the visitor and the local people often do not go beyond the exchanges of seller-buyer and provider-consumer.

We do not just visit cities, mountains, museums, and beaches. We visit the people. They have a right to privacy and to a way of life that is not shaped by outside forces such as international tourism. The best way to learn to respect the locals is to meet and get to know them. If is in the interactions and encounters between the host and the visitor that an ethics of travel begins. Where friendship and understanding develop, the traditional relationships of seller-buyer and provider-consumer are transformed. More than consuming places and people, travel is an opportunity to break out of our patterns of familiarity and gain insights into the cultures that make up the diversity and complexity of the human race.

Although travellers certainly have rights in foreign countries, they have obligations as well. If they appreciate and respect the cultural, economic, and social integrity of the travel destination, they will help it by choosing a low-impact and non-intrusive ways of travel-to give preference to small, locally-owned operations that are sensitive to the ecosystem and local culture. It also important to interact with the local people in their authentic cultural context and ignore the stereotypes of tourist brochures and the glossy travel press. The  industry will continue to grow. Distant locations and people will continue to be exploited as travel destinations. We all leave footprints in the places we travel to, but we can learn to minimize them and reduce their impact.