Morocco .. Therapeutics sand tourism and a healthy source of livelihood for nomadic tribes

People of the village "Merzouga" telling tales about tourists came two seats on wheelchairs, and returned walk Alokdam.arabat- flock of thousands of tourists every summer on the village "Merzouga" in eastern Morocco, in anticipation of the medication with sand, and a desire to identify the living pattern of the remaining nomadic tribes in the region.

These nomadic tribes and belongs to the "Ait Atta" Amazigh, and they had Tmdnoa decades ago did people and regions of Tafilalet and Draa Almarovin largest oases and Morocco, as well as to the famous Timbuktu in Mali trade route, which was broken traders in 52 days.

Attaoyen tribes remained committed to the culture of nomadic, until the advent of French colonialism, while the mining activities have emerged and grew up with a new urban centers, formed to attract and stability factors, reinforced by the demarcation of the border between Morocco and Algeria.

Not far from the borders of Algeria (50 km) chose the part of these nomadic stability in the small village of Merzouga, known Pkthbanha sprawling on tens of kilometers, altering their lifestyle of nomadic and trade, to agriculture and tourism, with Hvazam the most distinctive traditions.

He says Abdul Salam Zadok, President of the "Association Mnasha desert tourism" in the village of Merzouga, wearing a traditional dress people of the region, "Today we rely on health tourism during the summer, where tourists come from around the world in order Therapeutics sand and camel milk to drink."

He added: "We offer visitors Askchaveh tourism, in order to identify the nomadic culture through trips to the beauty and overnight in tents and watch the sunset and sunrise, in addition to tourism adventurism by participating in races and Haqat be mounted in the desert."

Over the hills and sand dunes formed and constantly shifting, flock of hundreds of Moroccans and foreign tourists of different ages, starting from the end of June until the sighting of September / September, when temperatures are favorable to take advantage of the sand.

Often supervised people in the region of ancient nomadic tribes who want to bury in the sand warmly medication process, where the promise of hundreds of drilling at the bright every day, and leave hours under the heat of the sun to heat up well before the bodies of the disappeared who are interested in the treatment inside.

Before the bridge seeking treatment, keen facilities from the region to hold the patient or tourist from food and water and cold drinks or iced, with the use of a blanket after getting out of the sand in the direction of a tent nearby, to avoid any air stream.

And often lasts burial process from five minutes to ten, with regular drinking water warm, before heading to the tent for comfort and sweating and drinking herbal tea, followed by a shower, and the process is repeated at least three days until the "complete" treatment.

Ali says Qlamosh slope from the city of Beni Mellal mountain (center), where snow falls in winter, "I have a slipped disc and pain, but now, thanks to the sands of Merzouga healed, and I come every year to take a bath sand, and I would advise people to come."

He says Mohammed Yasin, a retired Moroccan living in France, "people advised me to come to Merzouga due to climate pure health and useful heat, especially with the pain that we are experiencing."

And contributes to the sand bath in the treatment of some chronic diseases such as rheumatism, bone pain and certain skin diseases, and tells tales about the people of the region came two tourists on wheelchairs, and returned on foot.

Says Ali who keeps beauty near the hotel stays based on the traditional way of the region, "people come to Merzouga from all over Morocco and the world, in order to sand bath and drink traditional tea as well as a good camel milk to combat diabetes mellitus and other diseases."

And allows Merzouga dunes along the 22 kilometers and width of five kilometers, meditation in the sand changed colors change according to the light of day, especially when you sit on top of those dunes, which are the highest in Morocco, and that up to the length of some 150 meters.

Most Cassidy Merzouga and finds seized upon simplicity away from the bustle of modern life, and in traditional music and hospitality and other things that passed down from their ancestors of the population centuries ago.

Tourism is Morocco's second largest contributor to GDP after agriculture, is estimated at between 8 and 10% during 2013, registered AED 100 billion in revenue (about $ 12 billion).

And embraced the city of Marrakech beginning of September / September "Eighth World Summit of health resorts and recreation" with the participation of 500 hotel Foundation, travel agency, an official in the sector.

At the level of the world, "recreational tourism" revenue totaled $ 500 billion through 2013, registered an increase of 12% compared to the year 2012, Morocco and seeks to achieve an advanced position in this type of tourism, an anchor on a large balance in spas and traditions of the bathroom and henna and so forth.