Emirates has decided to offer exclusive content and services to its Moroccan travel agent partners on its Emirates Gateway platform, starting July 1, 2021. Similarly, a surcharge on all bookings made via Global Distribution Systems (GDS) will apply on the same day.
Due to the restrictive measures, the tour operator TUI has canceled trips to Morocco and other non-European destinations until the end of April, and therefore during the spring holidays. This is what the spokesperson for TUI Belgium announced.
Despite the drop in bookings in travel agencies, Morocco is among the top 20 preferred destinations of the French in January 2021. This is the result of the barometer carried out by Orchestra for L’Écho touristique.
The year 2020 was not at all prosperous for the tourism sector, due to the Covid-19 pandemic. In Fez, tourist nights in classified accommodation establishments fell by 77%, compared to 2019, according to statistical data from the National Tourism Observatory (ONT) .
Meeting on Wednesday, the Investment Commission studied and validated 34 draft conventions and addenda to investment convention agreements. This, for a total amount of 11.3 billion dirhams, which will promote the creation of 3,500 direct jobs and 5,819 indirect jobs.
Foreign tourists are scarce in the snowy massifs of the Middle Atlas due to the health crisis related to the coronavirus. Professionals in the sector are complaining about it and are awaiting urgent solutions.
Since the start of the pandemic, event professionals have made proposals to the government for a way out of the crisis. Among other things, they are calling for sustained support from the public authorities to enable them to survive, according to a study launched by the GPPEM and conducted by the VQ Cabinet.
The Moroccan National Tourist Office (ONMT) is mobilizing to promote the Moroccan destination to the American Jewish community. In consultation with four Regional Tourism Councils, the office organized a press trip last week for two American journalists to present the tourist assets of the kingdom to this community.
A study launched by the GPPEM and conducted by the VQ Cabinet revealed that event professionals, forced to cease their activities due to the health crisis of the coronavirus, have recorded a decline of more than 75% in their turnover. This loss is accompanied by a drop in staff of nearly 55% and an increasing use of credit.
While the Covid-19 pandemic has angered several tourists stranded in Morocco, this is not the case for a German national. Charmed by Moroccan hospitality, and especially a 5-star hotel in Agadir , the man does not seem in a hurry to return home.
The health crisis related to the coronavirus has had a negative impact on the world’s number one tourism company TUI, resulting in a huge loss of 3 billion euros in 2020. Called upon to choose between France and Morocco , the German giant has set its sights on the kingdom where it is relocating its activities.
In order to identify the potential and opportunities in Morocco and Israel, as well as the partnership modalities to capture tourist flows, Moroccan travel agents organized a business conference with their Israeli counterparts. The meeting was attended by representatives from the Regional Tourism Councils of Marrakech and Casablanca, Royal Air Maroc (RAM), the ONMT, the Tourism Observatory, cruise professionals, etc.