There’s a word you hear a lot on the streets of Tanger today, ambition. The ambition to become a world cultural and touristic destination; the ambition to show the world the vibrancy and sophistication of Tanger; and become a new hub of the Mediterranean trade.
Two men have played a key role in this transformation; the King Mohamed VI and the major of Tanger, Mohamed Hassad. The King used his considerable political power to transfer Hassad, from overseeing the regeneration of Marrakech to the task of transforming Tanger.
Progress has been impressive. New plans have been generated, funds allocated and work begun on a host of infrastructure and environmental improvements. Now when visiting heads of state (eg President Chirac) come to Morocco they come to Tanger, not Marrakech, Casablanca or Rabat.
Central to this vision of the future for Tanger is to re-claim its place as the centre for trade in the region. A new business district is rising from the ground to the east of the city. This new Central Business District is designed to attract global corporations to Tanger with a host of world class facilities and communications links.
The main focus of the new development is to the west of Tangier - focused around the new train station. The idea is for this to become the new CBD serving the economic activity created by the new Tangier Med Port and the Free Trade Zone around it. This $2 billion project will become the largest container port on the Mediterranean and amongst the largest in the world.
The new port is estimated to create over 100,000 new jobs with major companies such as Renault and large sectors of industries such as aerospace relocating to Tangier.
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