Morocco records +464% increase in tourist arrivals in Morocco by February

Thursday 6 April 2023 - 16:50

Tourism activity has recorded total arrivals at border crossing points of nearly 1.9 million tourists at the end of February 2023, which corresponds to a positive evolution of +464%, compared to a year ago, according to the Tourism Observatory.

This evolution is divided between foreign tourists (TES) with an increase of 703% and Moroccans residing abroad (MRE) with 324%, says the Observatory in its February statistics.

As for the recovery rate compared to the same period in 2019, it has reached 117% in terms of tourist arrivals (149% for MREs and 99% for TES).

In terms of issuing markets, Spain has the highest recovery rate compared to January-February 2019, i.e. 136%, followed by the United Kingdom (125%) and Italy (103%), while Germany has the lowest recovery rate, at 60%.

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