RABAT – Morocco recorded a bumper 12 months for vacationer arrivals in 2017, breaking by way of the 11-million barrier for the first time, the tourism ministry launched Monday.
Buyer arrivals numbered some 11.4 million, a 10-percent enhance over 2016, with vacationers from « rising markets » akin to China and Brazil turning into a member of those from France, Spain and Germany.
Revenues from the sector jumped to 69.7 billion dirhams (R90.Three-billion) in 2017, up from 64.2 billion dirhams the sooner 12 months.
Fez, Tangiers and Marrakesh, along with Ouarzazate on the sting of the Sahara desert, recorded the strongest progress in vacationer numbers, the ministry said.
After quite a few years of stagnation, the tourism enterprise has circled, partly due to new value vary air hyperlinks with Europe and elevated flights by nationwide supplier Royal Air Maroc.
Tourism is Morocco’s second largest employer after agriculture, and it ranks alongside exports and remittances from Moroccans working abroad as actually one in every of its excessive abroad foreign exchange earners.
