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Tunisia Monday posted 27 per cent slump in tourism revenues from the previous year as the country struggles to contain the covid-19 disease. The figures, issued by the Central Bank of Tunisia, revealed that tourism revenues stood over the first quarter of the year at about $339,411,000. The decrease in revenues occurs after a bounce […]
Sofitel Royal Bay in the Moroccan southern Atlantic coastal city of Agadir will cease operating on June 30 as the lease contract comes to an end, Aujourd’hui.ma reports. Sofitel Agadir Royal Bay’s owner, ABS Holding, and the facility operator RISMA agreed not to extend the contract, which took effect in 2004, over the obsolescence of […]
Morocco’s tourism promotion office (ONMT) is planning to encourage domestic tourism to compensate for losses due to the global impact of the coronavirus on international tourist arrivals. Prospects for a return to normalcy in the tourism sector before 2021 are bleak, said l’Economiste daily citing the office. “Hopes are therefore pinned on domestic demand as […]
The Moroccan National Confederation of Tourism has sounded the alarm. The tourism sector has been severely affected by the coronavirus pandemic and the lockdown it entailed worldwide. The tourism sector and all the activities that shape its value chain, i.e. hotels, restaurants, travel agencies and distribution networks, ground transportation and car rentals, event industry and […]
Tunisia is expecting about $1.4 billion-loss in revenue in the tourism sector this year as result of impacts of the novel coronavirus pandemic, a document submitted to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in view of seeking a new loan to supplement the 2020 national budget, reports say. The North African country like other countries around […]
Morocco closed 2019 with a record number of 13 million tourists visiting the country, that is a 5.2% rise compared with 2018, the tourism ministry said. Tourism revenues rose to 78.6 billion dirhams in 2019, from 73.15 billion dirhams in 2018, making the sector one of the main sources of hard currency for Morocco. […]
As the number of tourists visiting Morocco reached 13 million in 2019, scoring a growth rate of 5.2% between 2018 and 2019, the National Confederation of Tourism (CNT) presented over the weekend, in Marrakech, the 2020 roadmap, which aims to make Morocco an authentic destination “offering a diversity of experiences to share”. This tool, developed […]
Morocco’s Atlantic coastal city of Agadir welcomed last year more than 1,1 million tourists, including Moroccan nationals, up 6.4 pc from previous year, according to latest figures released by the local tourism center. The number of Moroccan travelers who spent their holidays in Agadir’s hotels, tourism residences and centers rose to 436.794 in 2019, a […]
To protect tourism industry from unfair competitors, the Moroccan authorities warned local travel agencies against hiring unlicensed Chinese guides and threatened to remove their names from the list of accredited agencies if they do not abide by the regulations. “All Moroccan travel agencies should designate a certified Moroccan tourist guide to accompany groups of Chinese […]
Leading international tourism publication agency, Lonely Planet, advises its readers to visit Morocco in 2020 saying that the country is a gateway to Africa and a country of dizzying diversity, where the visitor will find epic mountain ranges, ancient cities, sweeping deserts – and warm hospitality. “The Kingdom of Morocco, known as the place the […]