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Tourist arrivals in Morocco up to August 2017 have grown 10.4% compared to the same period last year to stand at 8 million tourists, the tourism ministry said. International tourist arrivals rose 13.1% while Moroccans living abroad visiting their homeland jumped 8.1%, the Ministry said in its latest statistics covering the January-August 2017 period. Arrivals […]
Two weekly flights will link Morocco to Hungary as of October 30 as the north African Kingdom aspires to attract 30,000 Hungarian tourists by 2018 and 100,000 by 2020. In a statement to the press, director of Morocco’s tourism promotion office (ONMT) Abderrafie Zouitene said that Morocco and Hungary will be linked by two flights […]
Tourism contribution to Morocco’s GDP stood at 7% with a turnover of 115 billion dirhams in 2016, tourism and air traffic minister Mohamed Sajid said. Speaking at the weekly government meeting, the Minister said that the tourism sector is among the key drivers of employment in Morocco offering 2.5 million direct and indirect jobs. In […]
The Qatari QInvest Fund and the Moroccan Sovereign Wealth Fund Ithmar Capital have set up a joint venture, through which they are to partner in carrying out three large-scale tourism projects to be launched shortly in Morocco. According to the Moroccan news portal, le360, the recently created new company, Oryx Capital, will carry out studies […]
Travel giant TUI Travel Group Mulls Returning To Tunisia is considering the possibility to resume operations from the UK to Tunisia, but the final decision depends on sales and approval of British authorities. The Foreign Office relaxed its travel advice for Tunisia at the end of July after two years of restrictions. According to TUI […]
Tourist arrivals in Morocco in the first half of 2017 have grown 9% compared to the same period last year to stand at 4.6 million tourists, the tourism ministry said. International tourist arrivals increased 14% while Moroccans living abroad visiting their homeland rose by 3%, the ministry said in its latest statistics covering the January-June […]
Morocco’s efforts to tap into new tourism markets yielded fruitful results helping the country boost tourist arrivals with approximately 3 million visitors in the first four months of 2017, that is a 10% rise compared to the same period last year, said the Oxford Business Group (OBG). “The sector performed strongly across nearly all segments, […]
Morocco’s national carrier Royal Air Maroc (RAM) is to launch as of July 10 two new flights to the port city of Al Hoceima, in the restive Rif region at the request of the tourism ministry. The two new flight routes; Casablanca-Al Hoceima and Tangier-Al Hoceima will be operational next Monday, in a move to […]
Increased imports and falling receipts from tourism and remittances by Moroccans living abroad have widened the trade deficit to 40.2 million dirhams, that is 36% rise compared to the same period last year. The trade deficit stood at 29 million dirhams the same period last year, the Moroccan foreign exchange regulator said in its latest […]
The battered tourism sector in Tunisia has received a much needed boost from China’s Shanghai World Travel Fair which celebrated the north African country as the “Best African Tourist Destination in 2017”. This timely distinction will add fresh impetus to the tourism sector in Tunisia as it seeks to diversify its tourist sources. It will […]