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The city of Agadir is one of the main Moroccan cities located on the edge of the Atlantic Ocean near the Atlas Mountains in the southwest of the Kingdom of Morocco.It was founded by the Portuguese in 1500 AD and then liberated by Moroccans in 1526 AD It has a population of approximately 200,000 inhabitants, and this city is characterized by its temperate climate and its wide beach area, and its beautiful golden sand, which has made it a tourist area with distinction, and is considered a pleasant tourist destination due to the tourist attractions, resorts and entertainment venues it includes in its territory, which attract the visitor there and give him an excellent opportunity to enjoy his time.
There are also many hotels that meet the needs of tourists for safe and comfortable places at low prices, Agadir is a tourist and historical city par excellence. The city has broken records…after the night before yesterday, Thursday and Friday (August 11-12, 2022), it recorded almost half a million overnight stays, according to our informed sources, noting that this colossal number of visitors has not been recorded in the area for years, despite the ongoing preparations in the city, and the cable car project which was inaugurated in recent times has helped to attract a number of visitors in the city.
These positive results confirm the good positioning of the destination of Morocco in general and of the city of Agadir in particular, after the city recorded during this last period the influx of a large number of tourists to hotel establishments. , including foreigners and Moroccans from the region’s diaspora and tourists from several cities in the Kingdom. Domestic tourism, which is one of the priorities for the renewal of the sector, also represents approximately 30% of overnight stays, ie the second largest market after France.
This year, the city of Agadir is considered as a tourist center of the Kingdom, exceptional in terms of tourist flows, number of arrivals, overnight stays, and occupancy rate. All the beaches of the city have experienced a good recovery tourism, after the influx of a large number of tourists, as it is the only city that enjoys a temperate climate in the Kingdom, especially in the summer period. Consequently, it has experienced an increase in the number of tourists from France, Germany, Spain, as well as Great Britain, respectively, by about 25 percent.
