The project to create an integrated tourist resort on 307 hectares is the result of an idea of Tunisian President Habib Bourguiba, who wants to develop tourism in the Sahel region.
It was studied in 1971 by the Tourism Financial Company of Tunis in the area of Sidi El-Kantaoui located in the territory of the municipality of Hammam Sousse, north of Sousse. It is the responsibility of the Société d'études et de development at Sousse-Nord to study the economic and financial opportunity of the project and to assume the role of general promoter. Once the work started under the direction of Olivier-Clément Cacoub, the port is dug and small condominium buildings (Houses of the Sea) are built on its perimeter.
