After the success of the first line linking the new city to the Kasbah of Agadir Oufella, a second cable car line linking the Kasbah of Agadir Oufella to the large Danialand amusement park should see the light of day. A look at a project that aims to revitalize the city’s attractiveness.
Over half a million passengers have used these 1,740 m cable lines in just one year, which were inaugurated in July 2022. Following this success, a second line linking the Kasbah of Agadir Oufella to the large Danialand amusement park, over a length of 1,400 m, should see the light of day. But before embarking on this new project, the project stakeholders are first striving to improve the attractiveness of this new destination through various major projects planned as part of the Danialand amusement park, including the largest water park in Africa.
“The more projects we carry out on the hill, the more visitors we will have,” assures Abdelaaziz Houays, founder of Danialand, specifying that part of the water park project should be operational this summer.
In addition to their visual character, which is unique in Morocco, these cabins suspended in the sky of Agadir offer much more to the local landscape. The success of this first cable car stems not only from its strategic link between the new city and the Kasbah of Agadir Oufella, a monument dating from the 15th century but also from the breathtaking view it offers over the city.
“The cable car connects the new city to the oldest monument in the region and to the historical monument par excellence located on a hill that offers a beautiful view of the ocean and at the same time of the city,” says our interlocutor. On board, “visitors appreciate the ease and pleasure of the flight to the Kasbah of Agadir Oufella and at the same time, the view and the panorama of the bay of Agadir and the fishing port of Agadir,” he adds.
Open to all passengers, regardless of their age, the Agadir cable car receives a wide audience, from the inhabitants of Agadir to national and international tourists, including summer camps and schools. Composed of 29 cabins, including 4 VIP cabins that can accommodate 8 passengers each, the cable car will eventually be able to transport nearly 1,000 people per hour.
“A real added value for the city of Agadir”, the infrastructure helps boost the tourist appeal of the city, particularly that of the Kasbah of Agadir Oufella: “550,000 passengers would not have had the opportunity to visit the Kasbah without the cable car. And the latter would never have transported so many passengers without the Kasbah”, underlines Abdelaaziz Houays.
The founder of Danialand reminds us that approximately 32,000 cable car lines travel around the world and transport nearly 3 billion passengers per year. Traditionally used in snowy areas and ski resorts, 20% of these cable cars are deployed in urban areas. They are also used to open up areas that are difficult to access, but also for public transport in certain cities such as La Paz in Bolivia with its longest and highest urban ring road network in the world, or for transporting tourists as in Agadir.
A means of transport considered among the least risky, the ring road offers countless advantages, particularly from an ecological point of view. A project that is still new in Morocco, its democratization, along with the construction of the large amusement park, will thus strengthen its success and achieve the expected objective.
“We are planning to receive more and more people after the completion of the major project,” says the founder of Danialand, specifying that the total capacity of the cable car currently online is 3 million passengers. Beneficial for the city and its visitors, these major projects also meet the requirements of the Agadir Urban Development Plan.
Source : MEDIAS24
