{"id":51502,"date":"2026-02-02T18:02:16","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T17:02:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=51502"},"modified":"2026-02-02T18:02:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T17:02:16","slug":"oran-ranks-seventh-among-the-best-tourist-destinations-in-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=51502","title":{"rendered":"Oran Ranks Seventh Among the Best Tourist Destinations in the World"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The city of Oran has secured seventh place in The New York Times&#8217; annual list of the 52 best tourist destinations in the world for 2026. In its ranking, the American daily noted: &#8220;As Algeria establishes its position as a tourist destination, Oran, the coastal city overlooking the Mediterranean Sea, is witnessing a cultural renaissance that blends its rich past with a vibrant new energy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The newspaper highlighted the city&#8217;s assets, noting that it &#8220;is situated on plains and hills overlooking breathtaking views of the Mediterranean and is rich in palaces and forts, including the Oran Regional Theater. This architectural masterpiece, dating back a century, was recently restored and now offers a program of contemporary performances.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This ranking places Oran ahead of several European capitals, embodying Algeria&#8217;s image as &#8220;historical and forward-looking.&#8221; This success also reflects the country&#8217;s tourism recovery, marked by a significant increase in the number of visitors in recent years.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><em>Reference: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sabqpress.dz\/%d9%88%d9%87%d8%b1%d8%a7%d9%86-%d8%aa%d8%ad%d8%aa%d9%84-%d8%b3%d8%a7%d8%a8%d8%b9-%d9%85%d8%b1%d8%aa%d8%a8%d8%a9-%d9%83%d8%a3%d9%81%d8%b6%d9%84-%d9%88%d8%ac%d9%87%d8%a9-%d8%b3%d9%8a%d8%a7%d8%ad%d9%8a\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">link<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The city of Oran has secured seventh place in The New York Times&#8217; annual list of the 52 best tourist destinations in the world for 2026. In its ranking, the American daily noted: &#8220;As Algeria establishes its position as a tourist destination, Oran, the coastal city overlooking the Mediterranean Sea, is witnessing a cultural renaissance &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":51501,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","iawp_total_views":5,"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51502","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51502","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=51502"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51502\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/51501"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=51502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=51502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=51502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}