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Moroccans living abroad are the leading foreign exchange earners in the kingdom, alongside tourism and services, the automobile industry and the export of phosphates and derived products. In the first five months of 2021, these Moroccans of the world transferred 36.34 billion dirhams (3.5 billion euros), up 50.2% compared to the first five months […]
Ryanair plans to link Morocco’s Atlantic resort of Agadir with destinations in Ireland, France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Germany and Poland. The company, which announced the setting up of its third African base in Agadir last month, will operate 25 new routes from Agadir to key tourist emitting destinations. The flights will start in November 2021 […]
Morocco’s flag carrier Royal Air Maroc (RAM) has launched Friday a Dakhla-Paris route, which becomes the first direct air route between Dakhla and the European continent, announced the national company. “This flight is a historic première, as it is the first international airline linking Dakhla to a city on the European continent (except for the […]
King Mohammed VI has urged all transportation companies and all other stakeholders in the field to facilitate the Moroccan diaspora’s return home for the summer holidays through offering affordable travel fees, “Within the framework of the very high concern of His Majesty King Mohammed VI – May God assist Him – that has always […]
Morocco has opened its airports to international passenger traffic with most of tourism emitting countries giving a brim of hope for tourism professionals who have borne the brunt of Covid-19 travel bans. After a tough 2020 year in which tourism revenues fell by 53.8% to 36.3 billion dirhams ($3.8 billion), travel receipts further dropped by […]
Morocco’s tourism sector still reels under the impact of the pandemic with a drop in arrivals to 430,000 tourists in the first quarter of 2021, down 78% from last year, and plummeting revenue to 5.3 billion dirhams, Morocco’s tourism minister Nadia Fettah Alaoui said. The impact of the global health crisis on tourism in Morocco […]
A group of leading Israeli tour operators are exploring opportunities to kick off Israeli tourism in Morocco after the two countries resumed diplomatic ties last December, head of Israeli mission in Morocco David Govrin said. “This visit is part of preparations to launch direct flights between the two countries and the prospection of tourist attractions […]
A high key Tunisian delegation has flown to Russian Monday in a bid to promote the North African country as a tourism destination among Russian tourists. Tourism Minister Habib Ammar, head of the national observatory of new and emerging diseases Nissaf Ben Alaya, and Secretary of state of the foreign ministry Mohamed Ali Nafti will […]
About 500,000 tourists visited Egypt during the first quarter of 2021, bringing to the country between $600-800 million in tourism revenues, reports say. Egypt re-opened its border for international flights in June last year amid the pandemic which forced the country to close its borders like the majority of other countries around the world. Sky […]
Morocco’s tourism revenues dropped by 51% in the first eleven months of last year under the impact of the pandemic and travel restrictions, the finance ministry said. The drop was attenuated 76% a month earlier, thanks to arrivals by Moroccan expatriates. In terms of arrivals however, Morocco registered only 142,000 tourists, down 82% compared to […]