Tourism operators in Marrakech are calling on the authorities to lift the restrictions in order to allow them to regain good financial health during the fall/winter season starting November 1.
Reviving the tourism industry, which has been sluggish for two years in Morocco. This is the objective set by tourism professionals who are sharpening their weapons as part of collective efforts to relaunch the sector in 2022.
Marrakech continues to face an unprecedented crisis. Deprived of international events due to health restrictions, the city is suffocating. After a disastrous summer season and the approaching winter, worried professionals are raising their voices to demand a real relaunch of business tourism.
The Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs has just established a travel map for Spanish nationals abroad, drawing their attention to countries to be avoided due to high crime rates and insecurity. Morocco is on the list of countries to visit "with caution".
Even if the number of tourists has increased significantly during the month of August in Agadir , this performance is only an illusion because largely below the usual figures during this time of year.
Algeria intends to develop the tourism sector in order to get out of oil dependence. Will it be the future competitor of Morocco, whose model is seducing?
Briton Richard Branson intends to invest again in Morocco . In this regard, he visited Dakhla, a city known for its tourist assets.
The Covid-19 pandemic has led to the closure of 80% of travel agencies operating in Morocco. To save the sector, Khalid Benazzouz, president of the Regional Association of Travel Agencies of Casablanca-Settat (ARAVCS), is pleading his case with the government.
France 2 will broadcast next Saturday the show "The Feast of Oriental Song" hosted by the Moroccan Philharmonic Orchestra. The show featured the presence of many artists.
For the past few days, Morocco has been hunting down fake PCR tests and fake health passes. Several operations have thus been carried out in different airports of the kingdom and have resulted in the arrest of several French and British tourists and the dismantling of several networks.
Approximately 5.3 billion dirhams have just been released to enhance the ksours and kasbahs of southeastern Morocco as part of the integrated strategy for the sustainable enhancement of these spaces by 2026.
Following cyclical indicators showing a gradual recovery of tourism activity in Morocco in June 2021, the Directorate of Studies and Financial Forecasts (DEPF) is rather optimistic for the coming months.