With 700,345 trips recorded in 2025, Morocco is the sixth foreign destination for residents of Belgium and the top destination located outside Europe. These stays generated nearly 15 million overnight stays and €706 million in spending.
Le Jardin des Douars, nestled in the hills near Essaouira, ranks eighth in a list of the 33 most beautiful hotels in the world compiled by Time Out. It is also the highest-ranked establishment in Africa.
Algeria aims to welcome 8 million tourists a year by 2029. An important target for its tourism sector, but one that also helps measure the current gap with Morocco, where 14.1 million arrivals have already been recorded in the first eight months of 2026.
The United States has updated its travel advisory for Morocco. The alert level remains unchanged, but Washington continues to urge its nationals to exercise increased caution in view of the terrorist threat.
The Ceuta crisis is beginning to affect Moroccan tourism. Spanish agencies are not yet seeing mass cancellations, but they are recording a slowdown in new bookings to Morocco. Latin American travelers, meanwhile, continue to book as usual.
The purchase of around ten tortoises and a lizard by foreign tourists for approximately 6,000 dirhams prompted an intervention in the medina of Marrakech. Seven shops are being investigated, and several reptiles as well as animal skins have been seized.
La Mamounia ranks 75th in The World’s 50 Best Hotels’ 2026 list. The Marrakech palace is the only African establishment included in the 51st-to-100th range unveiled on Monday.
Artificial intelligence has mapped the Upper Ziz basin in the eastern High Atlas. According to the two models used, between 15 and 19% of the area studied appears to have topographical characteristics highly favorable to climbing.
Moroccan beaches have the lowest level of waste among the three countries studied. This result could be explained in particular by the Clean Beaches and Blue Flag programs, but the researchers refuse to establish a definitive link because the data remain uneven.
Morocco climbs three places to reach 27th in the world in the RepCore Nations 2026 study. It ranks ahead of all the African and Arab countries evaluated, driven in particular by the improvement in its technological image and its international sporting performances.
In Agadir, rising rents and property prices are fueling criticism. In a city in high demand during the summer, pressure from tourist rentals is reviving the question of residents’ purchasing power.
The United Kingdom has just expanded its travel advice for those visiting Morocco. Online encounters, quad bikes, hot-air balloons, beaches, stray animals and cash are now covered by more specific recommendations.