Kitesurfing is becoming a major trend at this unlikely destination


A kitesurfer manoeuvring her kite at Dakhla beach in Western Sahara.

In the heart of disputed Western Sahara, a former garrison town has become an unlikely tourist magnet after kitesurfers discovered the windswept desert coast was perfect for their sport.

In Dakhla, an Atlantic seaport town punctuated with military buildings in Morocco-administered Western Sahara, swarms of kitesurfers now sail in the lagoon daily.

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