When Cinema Boosts Tourism in Ouarazazate: The Cine-Tourism as a New Form of Tourism in the Southern Region of Morocco?

Abstract

Thanks to many cultural and natural, the region of Ouarzazate in south of Morocco is a touristic destination for cinematography assets. Cinema contributes to the territorial development of the region. It also contributes to regional development in the region through direct and indirect financial fallout in the regional economy, but also the services and infrastructure of tourism. It has also created the touristic image of this territory. It is the connection between cinema and tourism that we call cine-tourism. But what are the connection forms between cinema and tourism? What are its impacts on territory? This article is one of the first attempts to answer these two questions by studying the advantages of cine-tourism, the actors and the future of the field of cine-tourism.

Keywords: Cine tourism, Networking, actors, territorial development, impact of the study