Morocco’s tourism receipts reached MAD 97.9 billion in the first eight months of 2026, up 9.7% from the same period last year, while net foreign direct investment climbed 65%, according to provisional data from the Foreign Exchange Office.
Travel spending by Moroccans abroad rose 6.6% to MAD 23.3 billion, leaving the country with a tourism balance surplus of MAD 74.6 billion, 10.8% higher than at the end of August 2025.
Remittances from Moroccans living abroad also continued to rise, reaching MAD 89.2 billion compared with MAD 81.8 billion a year earlier, an increase of 9%.
Foreign direct investment recorded the strongest increase among the indicators. FDI receipts rose 17% to MAD 47.3 billion, while related expenditure fell 33.9% to MAD 13 billion. That pushed net FDI inflows to MAD 34.3 billion, compared with MAD 20.8 billion during the same period in 2025.
Moroccan direct investment abroad moved in the opposite direction. Net flows reached MAD 6.7 billion by the end of August, up from MAD 2.4 billion a year earlier, as investment expenditure abroad rose faster than receipts.
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