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Case Study - Imlil, Atlas Mountains, Morocco (Sustainable Development…
Case Study - Imlil, Atlas Mountains, Morocco
About
Kasbah du Toubkal
luxury hotel
High Atlas Mountains
Aimed to encourage ecotourism
Looking after the
environment
Helping
local people
Benefits
Environmental
Local building materials
Tourists take rubbish away
2 incinerators
to burn waste
Locally sourced food arrives on
mule
Drink
local spring water
Economic
Local people employed -
42 employed at hotel
Multiplier effect
Farmers
sell produce to hotel
Local people can host visitors
Social Benefits
5% extra paid
to
Imlil Village Association
Ambulance
to reduce deaths of women in childbirth
Village school for girls
Boarding house
for 18 girls
Dug new wells
Sustainable Development
Resources aren't destroyed
Improvements will last into the future
Education means children are more likely to be destroyed
Life expectancy has risen
Infant mortality has fallen
Healthier people are wealthier people