An evaluation study on the role of tourist agencies in promoting mountain tourism in Algeria

Abstract EN

Despite the fact that algeria has attractive mountains along the Tell and the Saharan Atlas series, and the economic benefits of tourism at both macro and micro levels, one generally can see how mountain tourism is missed in tourism programs and projects in Algeria.

This study attempts to analyze mountain tourism in Algeria through an electronic questionnaire addressed to the main important tourist agencies in Algeria; we evaluated the activities of these agencies in promoting mountain tourism, as they are a key player in revitalizing this very sector.

The analysis of the data indicated the poor performance of these agencies in promoting mountain tourism in Algeria since they are more interested in promoting foreign destinations.

In brief, they ignored the national tourism products.

They attributed that to the ence of basic infrastructure and lack of security in mountainous regions, in addition to the high costs of hotel accommodation and the lack of government incentives