After nearly three years without direct flights, Israeli tourists are beginning to return to Morocco. Their return is particularly anticipated by hotels, restaurants, drivers, guides and excursion companies that had built their activity around this clientele.
The tourism sector in Morocco is showing an upturn at the end of April 2023, according to the latest figures published by the Tourism Observatory, approaching the pre-pandemic record of 2019.
The year 2020 was not at all prosperous for the tourism sector, due to the Covid-19 pandemic. In Fez, tourist nights in classified accommodation establishments fell by 77%, compared to 2019, according to statistical data from the National Tourism Observatory (ONT) .
A good tourist year for Morocco. In July, the figures showed a clear progression compared to last year. Whether it is foreign tourists or Moroccans residing abroad (MREs), there is a real enthusiasm for the Moroccan destination.
Very good news for Moroccan tourism, whose players can rub their hands. According to statistics from the Tourism Observatory (OTM), more than 5.4 million tourists, including more than 2 million Moroccans residing abroad (MREs), visited Morocco between January and June 2019.
Tourism experienced a clear 6.6% increase in the first half of 2019 compared to the same period the previous year.
Statistics from the Tourism Observatory show that the total overnight stays in the various classified tourist accommodation establishments in the city of Marrakech increased by 5% at the end of May 2019, compared to the same month the previous year.
Marrakech and Agadir have once again been by far the most visited cities by foreign tourists. This also applies to Moroccans living abroad and local tourists.
The murder of the two Scandinavians in December near Mount Toubkal did not have negative consequences on the number of foreign tourists in Morocco , which increased during the first two months of the year.
A very good year for Morocco which welcomed some 12.3 million tourists in 2018, a strong increase compared to 2017.
The tourism sector in Morocco continues to be in the green with a strong increase in the number of foreign tourists during the first eleven months of 2018.