Morocco must relaunch its tourism with more serenity and more ambition, despite the health crisis it is going through. This is what the Minister of Tourism, Handicrafts, Air Transport and Social Economy, Nadia Fettah Alaoui, indicated on Tuesday.
Morocco is now a very popular destination for tourists from around the world. Speaking during the signing of a memorandum of understanding with the Club Med group, Tourism Minister Nadia Fettah listed what the kingdom expects from such an agreement.
The Minister of Tourism, Nadia Fettah Alaoui, the CEO of Royal Air Maroc (RAM) Hamid Addou, the CEO of the ONMT, Adel El Fakir and some representatives of the National Confederation of Tourism (CNT) including the president Abdellatif Kabbaj held a crisis meeting on Thursday in Casablanca.
The pan-African weekly Jeune Afrique has named the 100 most influential personalities on the continent for the year 2020. Among these men and women from the fields of health, business, politics, culture, sports, and who demonstrate a dynamic Africa through their works, there are six Moroccans.
While a meeting of the works council devoted to the economic and financial situation as well as the social rescue plan of the national company Royal Air Maroc should have been held yesterday, voices have been raised to contest this meeting. A warning has been addressed to the works council against this meeting described as "illegal".
The Minister of Tourism announced on Thursday the existence of a new program to promote the tourism sector. Its aim is to facilitate the marketing of the Moroccan destination and to restore confidence in Moroccan and international tourists.
Severely hit by the coronavirus pandemic, the tourism sector is struggling to emerge from this crisis. The new roadmap developed by the supervisory authority is declined in the form of a program contract and imposes compliance with a number of commitments: preservation of employment, payment of suppliers, etc. to tourism professionals.
The Minister of Tourism, Handicrafts, Air Transport and Social Economy, Nadia Fettah Alaoui, assured on Wednesday that the first special flights scheduled as part of the exceptional operation related to the state of health emergency in Morocco are taking place in "very satisfactory" conditions.
In a letter dated June 17 addressed to the Minister of Tourism and Air Transport, Jean-Pierre Mas and René-Marc Chikli, respectively President of the Travel Companies (EDV) and President of the Union of Tour Operator Companies (SETO), ask Nadia Fettah to support their request for the reopening of Moroccan borders "before the peak summer period".
Tourism and air transport were the first to be affected by the pandemic. For the recovery, Nadia Fettah , Minister of Tourism, Handicrafts, Air Transport and Social Economy, is calling on all Moroccans to prioritize their country.
The revival of the tourism sector is a major concern at the Ministry of Tourism. To succeed in this mission, the new Minister Nadia Fettah intends to focus her actions on the revitalization of mixed sectors and financing.