More than 960,000 tourists visited Morocco during the month of September 2023, showing a remarkable growth of 7% compared to the same month of 2022, the Ministry of Tourism, Crafts, and Social and Solidarity Economy announced on Tuesday.
Moroccan tourism records a record number of arrivals in September, despite the earthquake (…) This month creates a surprise by surpassing September arrivals 2019 and 2022″, indicates the ministry in a press release. To date, Morocco has welcomed a total of 11.1 million tourists in 2023, thus exceeding the achievements of the whole of 2022, said the same source.
“We could not hope for a better context to announce the record for the month of September, than the Annual Meetings of the World Bank and the IMF in Marrakech. This is an important achievement which highlights the attractiveness of our destination, the resilience of our sector, and the effectiveness of the measures taken by our country after the earthquake, under the leadership of His Majesty King Mohammed VI may God help him,” underlined Fatim-Zahra Ammor, Minister of Tourism, Crafts, and Social and Solidarity Economy, quoted in the press release. “Even after this tragic earthquake, the growth of Moroccan tourism is maintained, and we remain determined to achieve our target of 14 million tourists by the end of December 2023,” she said.
source: lavieeco.com
