Tourism, local resources and human development

Rural tourism development encompasses the connotation of achieving an improvement in both the well-being of the community and of rural territories in general. It is preferable to plan strategies designed to enhance social, environmental and economic benefits. The starting point for this research is the observation that tourism development, as currently conceived and implemented in Morocco's rural areas, makes no tangible contribution to the human development of the societies and territories concerned. The aim of this research is to analyze emerging forms of tourism in the sidi boulkhalf territorial commune and to examine their potential involvement in the process of enhancing territorial resources with a view to reliable human development. In other words, the aim is to assess how tourism exploits the resources of these areas and what impact it has on human development. The ultimate aim is to define measures for building a local tourism offer that favors a project-based approach.