La place Jemaa el-Fna is a famous public square southwest of the medina of Marrakech in Morocco. This traditional, popular and lively mecca especially at night attracts more than a million visitors each year. “The cultural space of the Jemaa el-Fna square” has been registered intangible cultural heritage since 2008 (proclamation in 2001) and World Heritage since 1985 by Unesco1.
True Court of Miracles, at the gates of the souks of Marrakech, near the Koutoubia mosque and the royal palace, this place is one of the main traditional and historical attractions of tourism in Morocco. It is animated by an important popular life from the end of the afternoon until the call to prayer at dawn. More than a million visitors pass through it each year and more than 10,000 covers are served there per day6.
Indeed, during the day many fairground workers, street traders and street artists are present (fire eaters, henna tattoo artists, monkey showers, snake charmers, fortune tellers, etc.), while at night it is including catering stands that are present.