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Join on Telegram Casablanca – Morocco’s tourism revenue is approaching pre-pandemic records, reaching MAD 36.7 billion ($3.4 billion) at the end of July 2022, an 88.4% recovery rate.
According to the country’s Department of Studies and Financial Forecasts (DEPF), this recovery is attributed to Morocco’s various measures taken to revive and boost the sector, including the reopening of national borders.
In June and July alone, 3.2 million tourists arrived in Morocco, almost the same number as during the same period in 2019.
At the end of the first half of 2022, the number of arrivals in Morocco approached 3.4 million tourists. This represents an increase of 303.4%, year-on-year, after a decline of 57.3% in 2021.
Overnight stays in hotels amounted to 6.2 million nights at the end of June 2022, an increase of 128.9% year-on-year, after a 39.9% decrease a year earlier, the DEPF’s report noted.
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Compared to their pre-crisis level (end of June 2019), arrivals and overnight stays at the end of June 2022 recovered by nearly 63% and more than 54% respectively, the report detailed.
As of July 2022, tourism revenue is now exceeding its pre-crisis level, increasing by 17.8%.
According to Morocco’s Tourism Minister Fatim-Zahra Ammor, the prospects of national tourism are “very promising,” as evidenced by the dynamics observed since the beginning of the summer season.
“While all projections, in the world, expected the return to pre-crisis levels by 2023, we are pleased to see that the recovery rates for the summer season exceed 80% for the main indicators of the sector,” she noted. “For some, we have even approached 100% recovery, especially in terms of tourist arrivals at border crossings.”
