Les logiques de la diffusion du tourisme dans la médina de Marrakech et les nouveaux rapports à l’espace : le cas de l’habitation traditionnelle

Les logiques de la diffusion du tourisme dans la médina de Marrakech et les nouveaux rapports à l’espace : le cas de l’habitation traditionnelle

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The opening of Marrakech to the world, its dual UNESCO listing, and the development of its tourism have transformed the old medina.Since the late 1980s, it has become a tourist destination marked by urban beautification and aesthetic-architectural improvement.The attraction of foreigners to old houses (dars, Modesty Panels riads, and ancient palaces) plays a key role in the spread of tourism, offering an immersion into the socio-spatial universe of historically rich intramural neighborhoods.What are the underlying logics of the spread of tourism in the medina of Marrakech? And how has the appropriation of its houses by foreign residents redefined the relationship with space within its neighborhoods? In this article, we will first study the mechanisms of the spread of tourism and the proliferation of riad-guesthouses (RGHs) within the medina, highlighting their correlation with Nutrition the way domestic space and ancestral neighborhoods are appropriated by and for visitors.

Secondly, we will examine the transformation of the socio-spatial landscape of the medina since the 1990s and the new socio-economic modalities of the relationship with domestic space and old neighborhoods.