After several years of near-stagnation, Moroccan tourism recorded a marked increase in 2017. With 11.35 million tourists, i.e. an increase of 10% on the previous year, revenue amounted to 69.7 billion dirhams, compared with 64.2 billion dirhams in 2016, according to the official review of the Ministry of Tourism. This growth is due, on the one hand, to the Kingdom’s main source markets such as France, Spain and Germany and, on the other, to emerging markets, namely China and Brazil. The strengthening of air links through low-cost airline offers and domestic flights also helped make 2017 an exceptional year for tourism in Morocco. A year during which the cities of Fez, Ouarzazate, Tangier and Marrakech were the main areas of attraction for tourists.
