Folk festivals as a tool for promoting local development in desert areas : case study of the Sbeiba festival in Illizi-Algeria

Abstract EN

This paper aims to clarify the role and importance of tourism events, especially folklore festivals for local development in desert areas, with the focus on highlighting the role of the "Sbeiba Folk festival" as a means to promote local development in the desert tourism area "Djanet".

to achieve this goal, we presented the concept of tourism events and folklore festivals, and then explained their effects on local development in the regions hosting the festival.

finally, the various stages of the Sbeiba Folk festival were monitored, in order to know its effects on local development in the Djanet region, and to identify the most important obstacles facing the organizers, and to take advantage of them in the future promotion of various tourism events in the Algerian desert areas.