Palestinian-origin singer Saint Levant had to apologize to Moroccans after causing an uproar in Essaouira by throwing the Moroccan flag that had been handed to him on stage during his concert as part of the Gnaoua and World Music Festival.
In Morocco, the illegal extraction of coastal sand has transformed a wide coastal strip between Safi and Essaouira into a bare rocky area.
The city of Essaouira is recording a record number of foreign and mainly French retirees since the beginning of this year.
A man filed a complaint with the prefecture of the province of Essaouira, for having been overcharged one dirham by a taxi driver.
Morocco remains a popular destination for foreign tourists, according to the British newspaper The Independent , which lists the Moroccan cities where to spend dream vacations.
The Directorate General of Meteorology (DGM) forecasts a scorching Saturday. Several provinces of Morocco including Beni Mellal, Laayoune, Kenitra, Safi and Essaouira are placed on orange alert.
In the eyes of Rabbi Yoshiyahu Yosef Pinto, the security situation is better for Jews in Morocco than in New York and Europe. He traveled to Essaouira after celebrating the Purim holiday with thousands of his students in Manhattan, United States.
The General Directorate of Meteorology (DGM) has placed several provinces of Morocco such as Sidi Bennour, El Jadida, Berrechid, Safi and Essaouira on orange alert at the beginning of the week.
The route of the future high-speed train connecting Marrakech to Agadir has caused a wave of concern in Essaouira. The city of the Alizés, a major tourist destination, fears being excluded from this large-scale project, even though it is part of the route.
The inhabitants of Essaouira, a city recently named the best tourist destination in Morocco for the year 2023, live in fear and anguish due to the invasion of wild boars. Concerned about the issue, the parliamentary group of the Party of Progress and Socialism in the House of Representatives calls on the Ministry of the Interior to act in order to put an end once and for all to this phenomenon.
Morocco welcomed a total of 14.5 million visitors in 2023, an increase of 34% compared to the previous year. A record year, despite the worrying decline in the number of tourists on some traditional markets like Germany.
An incident almost turned into a tragedy on Friday at Essaouira Mogador airport, involving a plane from the Irish airline Ryanair .