Moroccan tourism, which has shown perfect health in recent years, was battered in 2020 by the health crisis and restrictive measures put in place to curb the Covid-19 pandemic. This is the finding made by the Directorate of the Treasury and External Finance (DTFE).
After three good years of glory, the first results of the year 2020 in the Moroccan tourism sector show a significant decline in tourist arrivals and hotel nights.
In Morocco, tourist carriers can no longer bear the setbacks imposed by the coronavirus crisis on their activities, which have been forced to stop for more than a year and whose resumption is not on the horizon. Through the voice of their federation, they are sounding the alarm on this situation, which is causing unpaid bills, seizures of property and legal proceedings, and are proposing measures to avoid a massacre in the sector.
Dakhla, one of the tourist destinations in southern Morocco, was not spared the ravages of the health crisis. But very early on, this region has relaunched its tourism.
Barely restored the normalization of the kingdom’s relations with Israel, that the Ministry of Tourism covets the Israeli market. This speed is part of its strategy to revive the sector, which has plummeted since the start of the health crisis.
The Moroccan Minister of Tourism, Nadia Fettah Alaoui, will soon visit Israel at the invitation of her Israeli counterpart, Orit Farkash Hacohen. This will be a working visit during which the two personalities will discuss strategies to be adopted for the promotion of tourism in both Morocco and Israel.
Morocco and Israel will be able to restore their regular air links within 2 to 3 months, announced on Wednesday the Minister of Tourism, Handicrafts, Air Transport and Social Economy, Nadia Fettah Alaoui.
The Minister of Tourism, Nadia Fettah Alaoui, indicated on Monday in Rabat that her department is working, in coordination with its partners, to put in place special checks to reduce travel costs. The aim is to encourage domestic tourism.
Tourism in Morocco has been heavily impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic throughout this year 2020. And among the cities that have suffered greatly from the closure of borders and other restrictions imposed, Marrakech is one that is having a hard time recovering from a very trying year.
"MatmchichB3id", this is the name of the campaign that will soon be launched by the Regional Tourism Council (CRT) of Rabat-Salé-Kénitra in collaboration with the Moroccan National Tourist Office (ONMT) . This campaign is mainly aimed at promoting domestic tourism.
The Moroccan National Tourist Office (ONMT) will crisscross the 12 regions of Morocco starting this Thursday to meet with the heads of the Regional Tourism Councils (CRT) and industry professionals. The objective is to put in place the roadmap for the sector’s recovery plan.
Tourism stakeholders, ministry of tourism officials and the professional group of Moroccan banks organized a virtual meeting on the economic recovery of the sector. During this meeting, tourism transport professionals called for a new moratorium on the repayment of bank loan installments and leasing maturities until December 31, 2020 without payment of fees or penalties for tourism companies and their employees.