The rusting wreck of a commercial ferry has so far scuppered attempts to open Tarfaya to tourism – but locals are determined to turn the town around
he Canary Islands are so close that, on a clear night, surfing instructor Salim Maatoug can see the lights across the water. Fourteen million tourists a year flock to the Spanish archipelago, while in the Moroccan fishing port where Maatoug lives, sand from the Sahara drifts in the streets.
Maatoug learned to surf in 2004, from foreigners who drive down the African coast. He eventually started running free classes for local children. Now he is working to set up a regional surf club in Tarfaya, which he hopes will attract visitors and employ 30 former pupils.,” he says, referring to fishing boats co-opted to transport undocumented migrants. “Tourists will migrate to Tarfaya.”
During Behiya’s eight-year presidency, attempts to reopen the line have come to nothing. He is so passionate about the project, he once rented a ferry and applied to operate it himself. But the government wanted competing bids, and nobody else applied.
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