In Marrakech, the summer season is an opportunity for some unscrupulous people to scam the many tourists who visit the city. Influencers are warning vacationers against this phenomenon, discrediting the ochre city, a choice destination for summer visitors.
The authorities of the Tanger-Tétouan-Al Hoceima region are carrying out vast campaigns to liberate and clean up public spaces, particularly beaches, in order to prepare for the high tourist season.
Some 1.3 million tourists visited Morocco in April 2024, representing a record increase of 17% compared to the same period in 2023.
Councilor Khalid Es-Satte, representative of the National Union of Labor in Morocco (UNTM), is concerned about the massive food poisoning in Marrakech and is calling on the Minister of Agriculture, Maritime Fisheries, Rural Development and Water and Forests to strengthen the monitoring of establishments, especially with the approach of the summer season marked by the massive arrival of tourists and Moroccans residing abroad (MREs).
A security campaign led by the Marrakech police has led to the arrest of 14 individuals on Jemaa El-Fna Square and its surroundings.
Morocco ranks 82nd among the world’s most performing tourism economies, according to a new study by the World Economic Forum on travel and tourism.
A foreign tourist of Arab nationality denounced in a video on social networks the rather unsavory behavior of a Moroccan who tried to scam him during his stay in Marrakech.
According to a recent ranking, a Moroccan city is among the ten most sought-after destinations by the French this summer.
A foreign tourist in his fifties was the victim of a violent robbery in the Sidi Abdelaziz neighborhood of the old city of Marrakech, according to local sources.
Many low-income Moroccans prefer to spend their summer vacations abroad rather than in Morocco. And for good reason, the rates charged in hotels operating in the kingdom are considered high compared to those of hotel establishments in Spain, Portugal, Turkey, etc.
Two Moroccan cities are among the top nine global destinations most sought after by families for their summer vacation. Spain dominates the ranking.
On the sidelines of the European Convention of the International Association of Golf Tour Operators (IAGTO) held in Malaga, Morocco was named "Best African Golf Tourism Destination of the Year".