Algerian waterpark exploits untapped tourist potential
Marina D’Or
Described by Amusement Logic’s Paco Caudet as being “like Spain in the 1950s”, Algeria boasts a lot of untapped tourism potential, not least in the field of waterparks. Fittingly enough it was Amusement Logic, itself a Spanish supplier, that recently designed and kitted out this new facility in the resort of Skikda
July 6. Allied to the Royal Tulip hotel right on the beachfront in Skikda (roughly midway along the Algerian coast), the 25,000 square metre waterpark underlines the Algerian government's commitment to make leisure and tourism one of the country's key economic drivers. In doing so the authorities want to attract not only foreign tourists but also stimulate the domestic market too. “This is a country of 43 million people yet there are very
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few places for them to go in Algeria,” notes Amusement Logic's business development manager and waterpark industry stalwart, Paco Caudet. “Also a fall in the price of oil has affected the country's exports and so they want to develop new industries.” Marina D'Or, which is open to both Royal Tulip guests and
general holidaymakers in Skikda, features two slide complexes for adults with attractions including the Big Space Hole, Aqua Tube, a freefall, kamikaze, racer and rafting slide. Also featured are a children’s pool with a pirate boat together with a solarium and four restaurants. musement Logic provided all slides, play equipment, the wave pool, pumping and filtration. During its first couple of months, the waterpark was well received by the local population, eager for leisure activities
pened to coincide with the end of Ramadan and the celebration of the resulting Eid festivities, Marina D’Or welcomed its first paying guests on
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