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Morocco among top five stars of hotel development in Africa

Morocco is featured among the top stars of hotel development in Africa along with Egypt, Nigeria, and Ethiopia, according to the 11th annual survey by W Hospitality Group. The four countries head the top ten by numbers of rooms in the internationally-branded hotel development pipeline, with Egypt showing 15,158 rooms in 51 new hotels. According […]

Good Crop Year Boosts Morocco’s Economic Prospects for 2018

Morocco expects its GDP to grow by 3.6 percent this year as the crop year augurs well with an exceptional yield of 103 million quintals. Abundant though late rainfall starting in December ushered a good crop year with the breakdown in cereals varieties of 49.1 million quintals for soft wheat, 24.5 quintals of hard wheat […]

Arab Spring Costs Region $ 15 Bln in Lost Tourism

The popular uprisings and political turmoil rocking the region of North Africa and the Middle-East since 2011 have dealt a hard blow to the sector of tourism that suffered losses going up to $ 15 billion, according to Arab Tourism Organization (ATO). At a meeting held lately in Jeddah (Saudi Arabia), ATO president Bandar Al-Fuhaid […]