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Editorial Maze Amin RBOUB

T OO much procedure kills procedure. This is the lot of many sectors, a backdrop of multiplicity of charges under the impact of inflation, eco-
and tourism is one of them. Admittedly, this activity has achieved nomic gloom... As a result, staff salaries are the first items targeted for
unprecedented growth over the last 20 years in terms of revenue, savings. In the end, this inevitably translates into poor service, non-qua-
arrivals, overnight stays, attractiveness, employability... with a contribu- lity, or a regrettable customer experience... Today, it’s time to get out of
tion of 7 to 10% to GDP. At the same time, however, professionals are the straitjacket of the administrative and procedural maze, as operators
complaining of «counterproductive, slow and inefficient» territorial go- keep repeating. This same maze is in danger of becoming a brake on
vernance. Today, the pace of administration continues to be asynchronous investment in a global context marked by major evolutions, agile changes
with that of business and the private sector. As a result, the old demons in the habits and behavior of tourists who are increasingly demanding
are back (if not gone): administrative blockages, complex procedures, a and ethical... Solutions can only come from effective decentralization and
profusion of interpretations from one territory to another, a multiplication above all the acceleration of regionalization, one of the major levers put
of signatures and countersignatures between central and local government forward by the Investment Charter, which will only be worthwhile if it is
and the regions... Also on the list is overtaxation (taxes on taxes), against put into practice on the ground... o