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• Marrakech Tourism Hits Record High with 4 Million Visitors in 2024
  12 January, by Sylvanus

  With nearly 4 million tourists recorded in 2024, Marrakech sets a new historical record.
  In 2024, Marrakech welcomed nearly 4 million tourists. A new historical record. Overnight stays also increased, reaching more than 12 million with an average occupancy rate exceeding 72%, said Hamid Bentahar, President of the Regional Tourism Council (CRT) of Marrakech-Safi during the CRT Executive Committee meeting in Marrakech on Friday. "These results reflect the joint efforts of public and private (…)

• Morocco Tourism Prices Soar, Sparking Concern Among Expats and Locals
  10 July 2023, by Prince

  In Morocco, national tourists and Moroccans living abroad are facing high prices at the start of the summer vacation season. The Minister of Tourism, Fatim-Zahra Ammor, was questioned on this subject by deputies.
  The many Moroccans who have chosen to spend their summer vacation in the tourist cities of the kingdom (83% according to a recent poll) will have to spend at least 700 dirhams for a night’s stay in a residence with a pool. A price that can double from one city to another, warns (…)

• Morocco Sees Surge in British Tourists as Spain Grapples with Anti-Tourism Protests
  12 April, by Sylvanus

  Many British tourists have abandoned Spain to spend their holidays in Morocco due to protests against mass tourism accused of being the cause of the housing crisis.
  British tourists are no longer welcome in Spain. During the Easter holidays, the Spanish anti-tourism brigade brought out their "TOURISTS NOT WELCOME" banners again. Last weekend, 150,000 angry protesters flooded the streets of Madrid to protest against the housing crisis in Spain, which many blame on their once-cherished (…)

• Morocco’s Tourism Sector Awaits Recovery Plan as Banks and Industry Leaders Meet
  24 June 2020, by Prince

  The Groupement professionnel des banques du Maroc (GPBM) and the Confédération nationale du tourisme (CNT) held a session last Saturday, June 20, to refine a credit recovery plan in line with the needs of the tourism sector, which has been severely affected by the crisis.
  The State, on the other hand, is not about to invest in the sector for its recovery. Despite the meeting held on Friday, June 19 between the Head of Government, Saad-Eddine El Othmani, the Minister of Tourism, Nadia (…)

• Morocco’s Scenic Spots Rank Among Africa’s Top 10 Most Beautiful Viewpoints, Study Finds
  3 July 2022, by Sylvanus

  Two places in Morocco are among the most beautiful viewpoints in Africa. This is revealed by a study carried out by a specialized website.
  Remitly, one of the providers of digital financial services for immigrants and their families, analyzed more than 1.4 million reviews on TripAdvisor to determine which view receives the most positive comments from visitors.
  Mentioned by critics more than 42,500 times, "Top of the Rock" located in New York is the best viewpoint in the world, the study (…)

• Two Moroccan Villages Named Among World’s Best Tourism Destinations by UNWTO
  21 December 2022, by Sylvanus

  Two Moroccan villages are on the list of the most beautiful villages in the world that have received the "Best Tourism Villages 2022" award from the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO).
  The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) has unveiled its list of the best tourist villages in the world for the second year. In total, 32 villages chosen by the UNWTO. Zell am See and Wagrain (Austria) occupy the first two places. They are followed by Puqueldón (Chile), Dazhai and Jingzhu (China), Choachí (…)

• Marrakech Named 7th Best Tourist City Globally, Outranking Berlin and Montreal
  9 July 2024, by Sylvanus

  A Moroccan city is among the ten best tourist cities in the world, ahead of the most famous cities like Berlin (Germany) and Montreal (Canada).
  Marrakech ranks seventh in the ranking of the 10 best tourist cities in the world, established by a British magazine specializing in tourism and travel. It is also the only Arab city featured in this top. The ochre city owes its place to the growing influx of tourists from different regions of the world, the popular character of the old (…)

• Morocco Climbs to 30th Global Tourism Rank, Leads Africa with 8% Growth
  22 January 2019, by Said

  This figure is up 8% compared to 2017, said El Fakir, according to whom "all the indicators in the sector show that Moroccan tourism is on the right track", particularly overnight stays (22.2 million, +8.4%) and the occupancy rate at 47% (+ 3 points).
  Thanks to these figures, Morocco is now ranked as the top destination in Africa and the 30th in the world, the director rejoiced, who reviewed the performance of the air sector since the arrival of Open Sky. Thus, between 2004 and 2018, the (…)

• Ryanair Expands Morocco Routes, Boosting Tourism with 58 Weekly Flights
  26 October 2020, by Bladi.net

  Ryanair wants to support the recovery of tourism in Morocco. This initiative, which is to the credit of the Moroccan National Tourist Office (ONMT), aims to increase the number of frequencies of the airline to the Kingdom.
  In a press release, the ONMT announced that this agreement, which began on Sunday, October 25, includes 58 weekly flights by Ryanair on 45 routes to France, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Italy, Germany, Belgium, Spain and Portugal. Thanks to this partnership, the Irish (…)

• Morocco Ranks Among Top 10 Halal Travel Destinations in Global Muslim Tourism Index
  18 April 2019, by Kamal

  Morocco maintains its place among the 10 best halal destinations, within the countries of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), according to the Global Muslim Travel Index-2019.
  The 2019 report on international halal destinations places Indonesia and Malaysia in pole position among OIC member countries, while Singapore takes first place in the list of non-Muslim countries, followed by Thailand, the United Kingdom, Japan and Taiwan.
  In 2018, 140 million Muslim tourists, around (…)