Restaurants And Culinary Art: Between The Strategy Of Openness, Profit-Making, Tourism Support, And Spatial Logic In An Emerging Metropolis On The Southwestern Shore Of The Mediterranean Sea: Oran Model

Abstract

Oran is witnessing major spatial, social and economic transformations within the framework of the trend to build the Greater Oran City through regional and local plans aimed at strengthening the Mediterranean regional industry of the Greater Oran City, with great support from the hotel and restaurant industry specialized in different geographical areas. The topic of the restaurant and food industry is a relatively new research topic regarding the relationship between the city and the restaurant market and the factors of influence and impact. Therefore, through this research, we will address the extent of the transformations that the restaurant industry in Oran has witnessed over time, and the reason for the doubling of the number of restaurant companies in quantity and quality and the strong demand from investors in this sector. Restaurants have occupied an important place in the lives of local residents and have become an important part of their customs and behaviors, and technological development through delivery applications and restaurant advertisements has helped to penetrate the world of young people. The entry of young people into this sector. Through gastronomic tourism and UNESCO's classification of many dishes as intangible human heritage, restaurants seek to promote the principle of participation and cultural exchange within the framework of coexistence, shared life, openness to others, knowledge of their culture, and the promotion of the principle of sustainable development through a [1]close relationship with the agricultural sector. However, the restaurant sector still suffers from many shortcomings due to Algeria's delay in the field of integration into digitalization and the economy. The lack of flexibility in training and educating the human element according to the requirements of material and technological changes contributed to the delay in meeting the requirements of the regional and global market. The failure to amend the laws in the field of economy and investment also contributed to the loss of foreign investors from the Gulf countries, Asia and Europe, in addition to the great difficulty in granting visas to foreigners from other countries to enter Algeria within the framework of tourism or research and cooperation in the field of developing restaurants and culinary arts.