Is an oasis city, and
capital of Djanet District, in Illizi Province, southeast Algeria. It is
located 412 kilometres (256 mi) south of the provincial capital, Illizi.
According to the 2008 census it has a population of 14,655,[1] up from 9,699 in
1998,[2] and an annual population growth rate of 4.3%.[1] It is inhabited by
the Kel Ajjer Tuareg people.
Djanet is definitely a tourist area par excellence. It is
famous for it. Thanks to sites of extraordinary beauty and nature of the most
captivating, it contains valuable tourism assets but, alas! not fully
exploited. After years of inertia imposed by penalizing a safe environment,
tourism in the Southern Algerian starts over again. We are still, of course,
far from the uninterrupted flow of foreigners arriving in this region during
the 70s and 80s, but the enthusiasm generated by the unique attractions Djanet
Tamanrasset or Timimoun augurs very possible return at this time holy when
Algeria was high Prospectus foreign travel agencies. This dynamism from
increasing, Djanet hosted only for October and November 2008 more than 1000
foreign tourists, welcome local officials in charge of tourism. And this is
only the beginning of the tourist season, which must be spread to April, the
peak is expected in late December on the occasion of New Year festivities. At
the end of October and beginning of November, our stay in Djanet coincided with
that of the Austrian ambassador in Algeria who says: "I love the South,
there are many things to discover, the dances, the meaning of gestures. Djanet
is special, I always tell my friends that Algeria is really a place to visit.
This is also the work of my colleague in Vienna, Ambassador of Algeria, Ms.
Ferroukhi. "
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The presence of the diplomat had also concurred with the
release of Austrian hostages, which will make him say: "The number of
Austrian tourists in Algeria is not important. Perhaps with the outcome of this
hostage affair, things will get better. "So godsend for the 26 tourist
agencies activating in Djanet, a total of 32 spread throughout the province of
Illizi. Many agencies that employ dozens of people in the city and elsewhere,
including foreigners from some African countries, both in the context of legal
immigration as illegal. If the influx of tourists is encouraged, especially
through charter directly connecting European cities to those of the South,
tourism will not know his real boom if the problem of infrastructure, which is
currently too poor to Djanet, is not supported. There are in fact two hotels
that do not meet minimum standards of hygiene and comfort, and only three
tourist villages, with a total carrying capacity is limited.
Contrary to what one might think, foreign tourists staying
in the city do not represent cash flow for national: they usually come in
Djanet stopover on the day of arrival or departure, most of stay being
programmed on different Tassili park sites. In Djanet, they spend very little.
In addition, they manage to bring their country of origin all that can be
transported food and other needs to spend as little as possible. Which will
tell some people that "foreigners make tourism home almost for free."
Especially since, unlike other countries, admission to the park remain insignificant
(100 AD since 1968!). Tourism activity coupled with crafts, development of the
first benefit to it, if the concerned could not find fault with regard to the
sector's national policy to encourage these businesses, which are facing
multiple problems. They are more than sixty living and support their families
this know-how at risk, mainly due to the high cost of raw materials. Which
affects the final price of the jewel, the artisans are struggling to sell their
goods. The silver kilo reached 50 000 DA and a piece of ebony is transferred to
1000 AD. Even their Dean, Salah Tikaoui, which holds more than 37 years of
experience in the trade, faces the same constraints. "I have merchandise
that was three years ago, it is necessary that the authorities in charge of tourism
and handicraft do something to save this craft." If Salah has at least the
chance to have its open shop downtown, the rest of the craftsmen gathered in a
market pavilion, located on the outskirts of it, on the site called El Oued.
They sell their products in precarious conditions in makeshift shacks without
electricity, a measure that has been taken to avoid the masses.
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