Touring ‘our’ past

Tourism is a major industry in Morocco and the second largest contributor to the country’s economy, accounting for 11 per cent of the GDP and employing 5 per cent of the current workforce. In 2016, domestic hotel nights were numbered at 2.9 million. In comparison, approximately 5.86 million foreign tourists visited Morocco in 2017. Of these, 1.8 million were French nationals, more than double the next largest source country, Spain, which totalled 779,000 tourists. According to a 2015 study by the Observatoire du Tourisme de Maroc, 42 per cent of international, non-Moroccan tourists visit monuments and museums during their trip. Therefore, it is unsurprising that World Heritage Sites are of great importance to heritage planning in Morocco. However, given the number of foreign tourists, notably those from France, it becomes necessary to understand the selection of World Heritage Sites, particularly given their use as international representations of national identity. Using the case study of the Archaeological Site of Volubilis, this chapter will analyse the complexities of using the World Heritage List as a tool to promote a heritage that has been, in part, framed by the colonial, Orientalist gaze

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• Who visits World Heritage? A comparative analysis of three cultural sites

  Bailey Ashton Adie, C M Hall•Journal of Heritage Tourism•2016

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