Merzouga is famous for its sand dunes, the highest in Morocco. The village adjoins indeed the greatest of Morocco Erg Chebbi.
Merzouga has become a tourist attraction of prime importance for this region of Morocco, allowing the development of hotel industry, both locally and in the neighboring towns of Rissani and Erfoud.
Activities available to tourists are the camel trek, camping in the desert, quad biking, and summer, arénothérapie (or sand bath).
The balance of the site Merzouga is threatened by uncontrolled construction of hotels, tourist over-development and "motorsports" (quad) 1.
We forget that the environmental impact of tourism in the hotel safe use of water resources and the non-compliance of wastewater used