Morocco tops the chart with 11 million mark

Tuesday, February 13, 2018

Last year, Morocco had a record bumper year for the first time in terms of tourist arrivals, breaking through the 11-million barrier, as unveiled by the tourism ministry on Monday.

 
The visitor arrival reached 11.4 million, a 10-percent increase over 2016 in Morocco, with tourists from all the “emerging markets” like China and Brazil joining hands with France, Spain and Germany.

 
Last year, revenues from the tourism sector increased to 69.7 billion dirhams ($7.55 billion, 6.16 billion euros), up from 64.2 billion dirhams in 2016.

 
The ministry said that Fez, Tangiers and Marrakesh, along with Ouarzazate on the border of the Sahara Desert, were found with the strongest growth in terms of tourist numbers.

After many years of inactivity, the tourism sector has taken an about turn. Partially credit goes to the new budget air links with Europe and growth in flights by national carrier Royal Air Maroc.

 
Tourism has become second largest employer in Morocco after agriculture. It positions next to exports and remittances from Moroccans working in foreign countries as one of its top foreign currency earners.

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