
Morocco Unveils Tourism Recovery Plan to Boost International Travel
The Moroccan National Tourist Office (ONMT) presented its roadmap for the recovery of tourism. This was during a webinar organized on Tuesday in London.

The Moroccan National Tourist Office (ONMT) presented its roadmap for the recovery of tourism. This was during a webinar organized on Tuesday in London.

Terminal 2 of Mohammed V Airport in Casablanca will soon take on a new look. This space will undergo layout and decoration work, under the supervision of ONDA, which attaches great importance to the choice of materials, equipment, furniture and its design, as well as the implementation of detailed plans for the works.

Innovation is the watchword for Marrakech’s tourism operators to emerge from the crisis that has plunged the sector. Operators are urging Royal Air Maroc to provide more support for an effective tourism recovery.

Pending the resumption of its regular flights after the reopening of borders, Royal Air Maroc maintains its special flights until November 10th.

The next Notam from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation indicating the lifting or not of air traffic in Morocco will be made public on October 10. A decision that airlines and professionals in Marrakech are eagerly awaiting to consider a resumption.

The conditions of entry into France for Moroccans and the controls are further strengthened at the airports since the facilitation of the conditions of entry for tourists and businessmen at the airports in Morocco. The origin of this situation is the numerous attempts at fraud observed in the French airports.

Air Algérie is struggling, notes the Algerian president. As a solution, Abdelmadjid Tebboune wants a change in the management of the company, in order to make it competitive internationally, particularly vis-à-vis Royal Air Maroc.

Royal Air Maroc wants to further reduce its workforce. This is a decision that the management of the airline could make in the coming months.

Tourism Minister Nadia Fettah Alaoui says that the projects to resume tourism in Morocco, including the abolition of the PCR test requirement, are under evaluation. This was during the videoconference organized by the CFCIM last Thursday.

The battle to relaunch tourism in Morocco is being waged on two fronts, domestic and international. An international call for tenders has been launched, and three global communication agencies are working on the project and will submit their work in mid-October.

The disillusionment continues for Royal Air Maroc (RAM) due to the coronavirus. The national airline is expected to incur estimated losses of 3.5 billion DH in 2020.

Royal Air Maroc is at war with airline pilots. After the dismissal of 65 pilots, the company has just seized the courts in order to dissolve the Moroccan Association of Airline Pilots.