Morocco is seeing its tourism offering transformed before the 2030 World Cup, thanks to an unprecedented hotel project led by the Turkish group Rixos and its Moroccan partner, the real estate group Alliances.
The rating agency Fitch looks favorably on the budgetary stability displayed in the 2026 finance bill. However, it warns that the many infrastructure projects planned as part of the preparations for the 2030 World Cup could lead to overruns and weaken public finances.
At the Moroccan Parliament, the Minister Delegate in charge of the Budget, Fouzi Lekjaa, responded to the criticism, particularly from the opposition, on the budget allocated to the construction of stadiums, notably on the issue of health and hospitals. He also points the finger at Algeria.
Abdessamad Kayouh, Minister of Transport and Logistics, provided an update on the ongoing projects, highlighting the modernization of 346 train cars and the acquisition of 60 new ones, as well as the purchase of 30 new-generation locomotives equipped with a 380-volt electricity generation system.
A famous Spanish journalist is convinced that Casablanca has a better chance of hosting the 2030 FIFA World Cup final than Madrid.
Already the undisputed leader in Africa, Morocco aims to join the exclusive circle of the ten most visited tourist destinations in the world by 2030.
For more than a week, Morocco has been shaken by demonstrations organized by the GenZ 212 collective. The protesters denounce the billions invested in organizing the 2030 World Cup, to the detriment of the health and education sectors that are sorely lacking in resources.
The organization of the 2030 World Cup can bring economic and development benefits to Morocco. But what will happen to the Moroccan labor market after the holding of this major international competition?
A large-scale demolition operation began this Friday on the Aïn Diab Corniche in Casablanca, marking a key step in the city’s preparation for the 2030 World Cup.
Gianni Infantino, the President of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), met in New York with his counterpart from the South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL), Alejandro Domínguez, to discuss increasing the number of teams participating in the 2030 World Cup from 48 to 64.
If there is a challenge that Morocco must meet before hosting the Africa Cup of Nations (CAN 2025) and the 2030 World Cup with Spain and Portugal, it is certainly the banishment of incivility, a daily scourge. A survey conducted in May reveals that the phenomenon has spread throughout the kingdom.
Major land works aimed at improving infrastructure, particularly in the vicinity of the Ibn Battouta stadium, have been undertaken as part of the preparations for Morocco’s hosting of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (CAN) and the 2030 World Cup. Several demolitions have been carried out by the authorities.