Bensaid and Barqad agree to support tourism

On the sidelines of the first edition of the Electronic Games Exhibition in Rabat, the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Communication, represented by Minister Mehdi Bensaïd, and the Moroccan Company for Tourism Engineering (SMIT), represented by General Director Imad Barqad, signed a partnership agreement to encourage investments in recreational electronic gaming activities in heritage sites, to bring… A greater number of tourists and visitors to these historical monuments.

In this context, “a support mechanism will be established for the benefit of investors wishing to subscribe to this goal during the period 2024-2026, provided that the proposed projects (such as virtual reality, metaverse, virtual tours, etc.) are innovative and allow sites of high heritage value to be “More attractive and provides a unique tourism experience for national and international visitors.”

Through this partnership, the two parties wish to “provide technical support to innovative small and medium enterprise systems to develop these projects in sites managed by the Ministry, and to provide subsidies to make this development profitable.”

It is worth noting that localizing the potential of entertainment games and technological innovation with these historical monuments will place Morocco at the forefront of cultural tourism countries. According to this new initiative.