Morocco Announces New Program to Promote Tourism

A new program for the promotion of the tourism sector aimed at laying the foundations for a sustainable transformation of the sector has been announced by minister of Tourism, Handicrafts, Air Transport and Social Economy, Nadia Fettah Alaoui, during the government Council meeting held on Thursday under the chairmanship of head of government, Saad Dine El Otmani.

During a press briefing at the end of the Council, minister of National Education, Vocational Training, Higher Education and Scientific Research, government spokesman, Saaid Amzazi, indicated that this project, on which the minister of Tourism made a presentation, also aims at preserving the economic fabric and employment, accelerating the revival of tourist activities, restructuring the sector and developing programs for the promotion of domestic tourism in partnership with regional and local players.

The minister, added Amzazi, stressed the participatory nature of this program, developed in consultation with professionals in the sector and the ministerial departments concerned, and which will be implemented through a roadmap covering the period 2020-2022.

This project will make it possible to support tourism professionals, maintain job continuity, speed up the integration of employees in vulnerable situations and offer tourism products which take account of the needs of domestic tourism, she stressed.

The minister also presented the measures adopted by her department to support the implementation of preventive and health measures in tourist institutions and to carry out diagnostic tests for all employees, in coordination with local authorities and representatives of the ministry of Health.

These preventive measures, available in the guide published by the ministry, aim at facilitating the marketing of Morocco as a destination and at restoring the confidence of Moroccan and international tourists, the minister added.