Tourism: Arrivals at Border Posts Up 14% in H1 2024 (Observatory)

Tourism: Arrivals at Border Posts Up 14% in H1 2024 (Observatory)
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Tuesday 6 August 2024 - 22:53

Tourist arrivals at border posts reached 7.44 million tourists in the first half of 2024, up 14% compared to the same period a year earlier, according to the Tourism Observatory.

Compared to the first half of 2023, all the main source markets, including the United Kingdom (+34%), Germany (+28%), Italy (+21%), France (+17%) and Spain (+6%) posted good performances, the Observatory pointed out in a report on June statistics.

The five main airports in the Kingdom, namely Agadir Al Massira, Marrakech Menara, Tangier Ibn Battouta, Fes Saiss and Mohammed V, welcomed 32%, 26%, 14%, 6% and 5% respectively of overall tourist arrivals, the same source noted.

For the month of June alone, tourist arrivals at border posts reached around 1.5 million tourists, up 10% compared to June 2023.

The main markets that contributed to this performance during this month were the United Kingdom (+48%), France (+17%) and Spain (+1%).

The airports of Agadir Al Massira, Marrakech Menara, Tangier Ibn Battouta, Fes Saiss and Mohammed V respectively welcomed 37%, 31%, 18%, 8% and 1% of overall tourist arrivals, the Observatory pointed out.

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