Tangier: A City on the Rise
28 August 2013
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"Morocco has transformed Tangier into a port city with international commercial influence," reports the French newspaper *Le Figaro*.
"Since 2007, Tangier-Med has competed with the largest ports in the region and has made northern Morocco an unavoidable hub for maritime trade," notes the French daily *Le Figaro*. (Photo: cityscapes.ma)
"Morocco has invested heavily in making Tangier a port city with international commercial influence," wrote the French newspaper *Le Figaro* on Thursday.
Since 2007, Tangier-Med has rivaled the region's largest ports and has made northern Morocco an unavoidable crossroads for maritime trade, the daily reports, adding that thanks to large-scale projects, the city has become the country's second-largest economic center after Casablanca.
The author of the article, titled "Tangier: A City on the Rise," specifies that around 100 million euros were spent in the 2000s on road and rail infrastructure alone, noting that the Strait city will be connected to Casablanca by high-speed rail, the first on the African continent.
"Tangier has been attractive since the change of reign in the late 1990s," Zoubir Chattou, a socio-anthropologist at the National School of Agriculture in Meknes, told the newspaper, highlighting Morocco's strong political will to create economic momentum in the north of the country.
The newspaper also points out that Tangier-Med has attracted significant industrial development, including the Renault plant, which is expected to create 260,000 direct or indirect jobs.
The publication also notes that the city of Tangier "is becoming a popular holiday destination and an attractive business hub."
Published August 23, 2013.
Posted online August 28, 2013.
Lematin.ma
"Since 2007, Tangier-Med has competed with the largest ports in the region and has made northern Morocco an unavoidable hub for maritime trade," notes the French daily *Le Figaro*. (Photo: cityscapes.ma)
"Morocco has invested heavily in making Tangier a port city with international commercial influence," wrote the French newspaper *Le Figaro* on Thursday.
Since 2007, Tangier-Med has rivaled the region's largest ports and has made northern Morocco an unavoidable crossroads for maritime trade, the daily reports, adding that thanks to large-scale projects, the city has become the country's second-largest economic center after Casablanca.
The author of the article, titled "Tangier: A City on the Rise," specifies that around 100 million euros were spent in the 2000s on road and rail infrastructure alone, noting that the Strait city will be connected to Casablanca by high-speed rail, the first on the African continent.
"Tangier has been attractive since the change of reign in the late 1990s," Zoubir Chattou, a socio-anthropologist at the National School of Agriculture in Meknes, told the newspaper, highlighting Morocco's strong political will to create economic momentum in the north of the country.
The newspaper also points out that Tangier-Med has attracted significant industrial development, including the Renault plant, which is expected to create 260,000 direct or indirect jobs.
The publication also notes that the city of Tangier "is becoming a popular holiday destination and an attractive business hub."
Published August 23, 2013.
Posted online August 28, 2013.
Lematin.ma
