Essaouira in the Top 20 global destinations

The city of Essaouira will be among the 20 most popular and sought-after tourist destinations in the world in 2015, indicates the British newspaper "Daily Telegraph". In its section dedicated to travel and tourism trends published recently, the newspaper highlights the tourist assets of this peaceful, history-laden port city that fascinated global pop stars of the 60s like Jimmy Hendrix and Cat Stevens. Located on the Atlantic coast, Essaouira, known for its trade winds and the Gnaoua Festival, will be served from 1 May 2015 by an air link provided by the low-cost carrier EasyJet departing from the city of Luton (about 50 km north-west of London), the British publication points out. The establishment of this direct route between the cities of Essaouira and Luton will allow British tourists to travel easily to the City of Trade Winds without passing through the city of Marrakech, the new…