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• Study: Morocco Tops List of Popular Vacation Destinations for Moroccans
  1 August 2019, by Sylvanus

  In the absence of official data on Moroccan vacations, a study commissioned by Premium travel news shows that Morocco is one of the popular travel destinations during the summer season.
  Morocco is the top travel destination, followed by Spain, France and finally Turkey, reveals a study commissioned by Premium travel news, relayed by barlamane.com.
  According to the study report, 98% of Moroccans go on vacation one to two times a year, during the summer or spring season, sometimes during (…)

• Al Hoceima’s Pristine Beaches Draw Moroccan Expats and Foreign Tourists
  10 August 2019, by Sylvanus

  The most renowned beaches of Al Hoceima such as "Quemado", "Tala Youssef", "Badès" and "Sfiha", are the favorites of Moroccans living abroad (MRE) and foreign vacationers. There is a rush to these beaches during the summer holidays.
  The reputation of the beaches of Al Hoceima is well established. Foreign vacationers and Moroccans living abroad (MRE) flock, during the summer vacation period, to these beaches, as the quality of the bathing waters and the enchanting landscapes seduce more (…)

• Former ’Loft Story’ Star Reveals Childhood Kidnapping in Morocco by Father
  25 August 2019, by Bladi.net

  While participating in the second season of "Loft Story", a documentary devoted to the lives of former reality TV stars on TF1, Marlène Duval made a big confession: the singer was kidnapped by her father in Morocco when she was still a child.
  In "Télé-réalité : que sont-ils devenus ?", a documentary that sheds light on the current lives of former reality TV stars, viewers were able to learn a little more about several stars including Loana, Florent Ré, Marie Garet, Brandon and Marlène (…)

• Tragic Summer in Morocco: 53 Beachgoers Drown Despite Rescue Efforts
  26 August 2019, by Bladi.net

  On the beaches of the Kingdom, the joy that should be the daily lot of summer vacationers has sometimes turned to sadness. And for good reason, the many cases of drowning that occurred in recent months.
  Despite the efforts of the Civil Protection elements, 53 summer vacationers died out of 8,159 drowning cases. However, according to estimates reported by the daily Al Ahdath Al Maghribia, rescue operations saved 8,099 people over these three months, with the exception of seven still (…)

• Wealthy Moroccans Flout COVID-19 Restrictions, Host Large Gatherings Despite Ban
  4 October 2020, by Jérôme

  Gatherings, parties with friends, engagements, weddings, baptisms, funerals... are normally prohibited by law, since the state of health emergency was instituted. A provision nevertheless violated by wealthy Moroccans.
  In Bouskoura, the police surprised and put an end to a gathering, on the occasion of a ceremony organized by a well-known tea trader and a real estate developer, who decided to unite their children.
  Likewise, a wealthy couple in Bouznika, having decided to celebrate the (…)

• Morocco Releases 2020-2021 Public Holiday and School Break Schedule
  26 October 2020, by Bladi.net

  The calendar of public holidays for the year 2020-2021 in Morocco is available. It takes into account religious holidays and Moroccan and international commemoration days. School holidays are also planned for students.
  Here is the calendar of public holidays 2020-2021 Mawlid Al Nabi (2020): Thursday, October 29 and Friday, October 30, 2020 (2 days for public administrations and part of the private sector). First mid-term vacations and Mawlid Al Nabi: from Sunday, October 25 to Sunday, (…)

• Morocco Tourism Chief Meets French Travel Industry to Boost Post-Pandemic Recovery
  18 September 2020, by Jérôme

  In view of the health crisis context and its impact on the tourism sector, Adel El Fakir, Director General of the Moroccan National Tourist Office (ONMT), traveled to France on Monday and Tuesday to meet and reassure the main travel producers and distributors, as well as representatives of the industry.
  "The objective of these meetings was to listen to the needs of these prescribers and to reassure them about the Moroccan destination so that they can reprogram the country in their (…)

• Illegal IPTV Streaming Threatens Pay-TV Sports Broadcasters
  12 September 2020, by Jérôme

  If IPTV, this magical box in vogue in the Maghreb and France, brings happiness to many soccer fans, it brings misery to pay-TV broadcasters of sports programs. But the latter do not admit defeat.
  The threat looms over the business of sports program broadcasters, pay-TV. Its name is IPTV (or television broadcast over a network using the Internet Protocol). This piracy genius in vogue in the Maghreb countries is starting to settle in France, notes the legal director of beIN Sports, Caroline (…)

• IPTV Surges in Popularity Among Moroccan TV Viewers Despite Legal Concerns
  2 October 2020, by Bladi.net

  Internet television is the object of desire in Morocco. A new trendy trend, IPTV is preferred by TV viewers in the Kingdom.
  Accessible to all budgets, this digital tool par excellence allows its users to benefit from all the ranges of football, cinema and documentary channels, reports La Map. Unlike the monthly subscription system contracted with private structures that offer limited subscription packages, IPTV offers a wide range of channels at a cost that defies all competition, even if (…)

• Moroccan Comedy Festival Tours Africa, Bringing Laughter to Five Cities
  6 August 2019, by Bladi.net

  Rabat, Casablanca, Marrakech, Dakar and Abidjan. This is the journey taken since July 30, 2019 by the "Marocains rigolos à l’Étranger" Festival, or MRE Festival. On the menu of this exciting event, interesting lineups one after the other. The public of these five stages will be able to appreciate the new shows of Booder, Oualas, Oussama Benali, Karim Saïdi, Younes Depardieu, Yassine Hitch, Saad Mabrouk, and many others, who are landing on the African continent, in a crazy atmosphere. (…)