Morocco wants to reconcile tourism development and environmental requirements by promoting its historic and cultural heritage. France has she has taken lessons? An international workshop on sustainable tourism held in Agadir, highlighting the need to reconcile economic development of Morocco by tourism and the preservation of the fragile ecosystem areas reclaimed from the desert.

Morocco, a second area of the southern Mediterranean biodiversity is threatened by climatic growing. This constraint was understood very early in the kingdom, notably since 1996 and the Master Plan of protected areas, which has enabled the identification of 154 sites of biological and ecological interests (SIBE), covering an area of more than 600000 hectares .

The goal clearly expressed by the authorities (prefectural governors) is to reconcile tourism and the environment, in order to ensure development of Morocco in the long run, in which tourism is both a tool and the end of the process. The Morocco has signed various conventions in this direction in order to create a virtuous circle between tourism and enhancement (and conservation) sites of cultural or ecological, and falls in global example in this direction. The labels are developing ecotourism in the tourism services of Morocco

France is only trying to prove that biodiversity serves some purpose. To demonstrate the value of biodiversity for human societies, Nelly Ollin (Minister of Ecology) has recalled the "National Biodiversity Strategy" (4-fold increase since 2002 heavily protected areas; 7.65 per Overseas Wednesday, 100 for maritime spaces), highlighting the protection of species of butterflies.

Extending these areas so normative, or by the allocation of budgets is good, but this strategy (useful) is not attached to the domestic economy, such as tourism is an essential part. Develop then the link between sustainable development and tourism by the Moroccan example of ecotourism?