Algeria seeks to lure tourists to neglected cultural, scenic glories

FILE - A view shows the Santa Cruz chapel in the city of Oran, Algeria, May 22, 2024. Algeria offers Roman and Islamic sites, beaches and mountains just an hour's flight from Europe.

Algeria wants to lure more visitors to the cultural and scenic treasures of Africa's largest country, shedding its status as a tourism backwater and expanding a sector outshone by competitors in neighboring Morocco and Tunisia.