Kiosk360. In terms of tourism, Morocco has returned to 76% of its 2019 performance, according to the Ministry of Tourism, which expects 26 million tourists in 2030. This article is a press review from Inspirations Eco.
The number of tourists in Morocco increased from 9.37 million in 2012 to 12.93 million in 2019, reports Les Inspirations Eco in its daily delivery. We learn that concerning the foreign currency revenues generated, they fell from 78.7 billion dirhams in 2019, the reference year, to only 52.2 billion dirhams at the end of August 2022.
“Since the relaunch of flights last February, the figures show that we have returned to 76% of our 2019 performance, compared to 60% of the world average, which denotes a very good performance for the Morocco destination,” announced Fatim-Zahra Ammor, Minister of Tourism, who spoke as part of the African Hotel Investment Forum (AHIF) which is being held from November 2 to 4 in Taghazout, organized jointly by SMIT and Bench Event.
The newspaper notes that the tourism sector only grew by 5.5% on average between 2000 and 2019 (with a contribution of 7% to GDP before the pandemic). Note that the objective of the supervision is to accelerate the pace through the capture of 17 million tourists by 2026 and 26 million in 2030, i.e. double the figure achieved in 2019.
We learn that priority will be given to investment and that the concerted roadmap also provides for the strengthening of air transport and the structuring of the offer. “Our goal is to invest in two types of products. On the one hand, in tourist accommodation, through the upgrade of 60,000 beds which will have to be rehabilitated. On the other hand, in strengthening litter capacity through the creation of 40,000 beds, entertainment, catering and other ancillary services and activities,” assured the minister. Les Inspirations Eco also indicates that the department has set up a database of 700 projects which will be driven by the State while other projects will be intended for private investment.
Let us also emphasize that the expected change in the new investment charter is to consolidate the share of private investment, particularly tourism, in total investments.
Source: https://fr.le360.ma/
