Rabat – Morocco’s tourism revenues reached over MAD 40.63 billion ($4.1 billion) at the end of May, new data from the Exchange Office has indicated.
The number represents nearly a double increase compared to the tourism revenues recorded in the same period last year.
According to the data, Morocco’s tourism revenues reached MAD 21.24 billion ($2.14 billion) in May of last year.
This year’s revenues also exceed the level recorded at the end of May 2020 (MAD 19.82 billion or $2 billion) and May 2019 (MAD 28.56 billion or $2.8 billion).
As for travel expenditures for the past five months, they amounted to MAD 9.2 billion ($929 million).
“The excess travel balance stood at nearly 31.42 billion dirhams at the end of May 2023, against only 15.23 billion dirhams during the same period of 2022,” the data added.
This year, Morocco recorded over 1.1 million of tourist arrivals during the month of May alone.
“This represents a growth of +55% compared to May 2019, our reference year. This good performance has several explanations,” Minister of Tourism Fatim Ezzahra
Ammor said earlier this month, attributing this positive performance to “proactive efforts” that started before the end of the pandemic.
The minister also stressed that 2023 will mark a record year in terms of flight programming as part of the country’s measures for the summer season, noting that summer this year will also witness the opening of 23 new lines aimed at serving 8 Moroccan destinations connected to 9 foreign markets.
