Travel, hotels, tourism development, and hospitality sector
The second edition of the 'Oran Bahía Food Exhibition' kicked off on Saturday evening in Oran, featuring more than 50 exhibitors showcasing culinary arts, tasting, entertainment, and promoting food products.
A wilaya commission responsible for verifying the compliance of housing within the framework of the home hosting tourism system has been established in Tizi-Ouzou to ensure that this type of housing complies with current regulations, APS learned last Friday from the local directorate of tourism and traditional crafts of Tizi-Ouzou.
The service is available for holders of Islamic accounts for payments in hotels, restaurants, stores, and other online purchases allowed during their stay abroad. It is possible to fund parents' cards from children's accounts. Algerian banks have started announcing the details of the new currency exchange right as it comes into effect, revealing unprecedented services and facilities for travelers abroad. In addition to clarifying the procedures for benefiting from the tourism grant, banking institutions officially confirmed that international bank cards allow their holders to withdraw from ATMs abroad, and to pay at millions of stores, hotels, and restaurants, and to carry out online purchases linked to...
A new action plan for the promotion and development of domestic and Saharan tourism will soon be implemented. Indeed, the Ministry of Tourism and Handicrafts, meeting Tuesday in Algiers under the presidency of the Minister, Mrs. Houria Meddahi, has begun consultations with a view to developing a new strategy, in accordance with the guidelines of the President of the Republic, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, aimed at further enhancing the attractiveness of the 'Algeria destination' and restoring its former glory.
Mrs. Houria Meddahi, Minister of Tourism and Handicrafts, chaired the day before yesterday at the ministry's headquarters a coordination meeting dedicated to evaluating the visa on arrival system for foreign tourists, in the presence of the central officials of the ministry and the heads of the establishments and organizations under its supervision, explains a statement from the ministry. This strategic meeting, dedicated to enhancing the attractiveness of the Saharan tourist destination, confirms the central role that southern tourism now occupies in the national economic policy.
The Governor of the Bank of Algeria, Mohamed Lamine Labo, directed bank officials to take the necessary measures to facilitate the issuance of international payment cards for citizens wishing to benefit from the currency exchange allocated for travel abroad, during a meeting held at the central bank's headquarters, according to a statement from the bank on Monday.
Algeria - The Governor of the Bank of Algeria, Mohamed Lamine Labo, today Monday, directed bank officials to take the necessary measures to facilitate the issuance of international payment cards for citizens wishing to benefit from the currency exchange right allocated for travel abroad, during a meeting held at the headquarters of the central bank, according to a statement from the bank.
The Minister of Tourism and Traditional Industry, Houria Medahi, chaired a coordination meeting today, Monday, dedicated to evaluating the visa-on-arrival mechanism for foreign tourists coming to Algeria and enhancing the attractiveness of the desert tourism destination, according to a statement from the ministry. During this meeting, Ms. Medahi indicated that the visa-on-arrival mechanism, established by the President of the Republic, Mr. Abdelmadjid Tebboune, in 2023 for foreign tourists heading to the southern provinces, has shown positive results since its launch, with approximately 39,000 foreign tourists from 120 different nationalities benefiting from it.
The Governor of the Bank of Algeria, Mohamed Lamine Labo, today Monday, directed bank officials to take the necessary measures to facilitate the issuance of international payment cards for citizens wishing to benefit from the currency exchange right allocated for travel abroad, during a meeting held at the headquarters of the central bank, according to a statement from the bank. This meeting comes as part of the implementation of new measures related to granting the currency exchange right, temporarily, through international payment cards, which came into effect under instruction No. 07-2026 issued last week by the Bank of Algeria.
Starting this Saturday, July 18, 2026, the new procedure for the tourist currency grant, amounting to 750 Euros for adults, will come into effect, with disbursements made via international bank cards. Several banks have rushed to inform their customers about how to benefit from it and the required documents. In this context, the Bank of 'Gulf Algeria' 'AGB' confirmed in a statement to its customers that the grant will be available at the branches for holders of nominal 'Visa' cards, during the period extending from seven to three days before the travel date. The bank also specified the documents to be submitted, which include a round-trip travel ticket or a tax receipt...
New: Tourist allocation by bank card. Discover instruction N°07-2026, the conditions and the sanctions.
President Tebboune boosts tourism in Algeria. Objective: 8 million visitors and securing allocations.