- The sector is showing signs of revival with the approaching high season. Morocco opened its air borders on February 7, opening doors for visitors. The tourist interest in UNESCO-listed old cities’ narrow alleys is soaring.
The economic fallout of the Pandemic deeply wounded Morocco’s tourism sector, a main contributor to GDP, employment and livelihoods. The tight COVID restrictions literally shut down the travel and tourism sector. However, the sector is showing signs of revival with the approaching high season. Morocco opened its air borders on February 7, opening doors for visitors. The tourist interest in UNESCO-listed old cities’ narrow alleys is soaring.
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, estimated that tourism contribution to Morocco’s GDP at 6.9% in 2018. The country received 13 million tourists in 2019. In 2021, that plunged to just 4 million. After the opening of the sea and air borders, tourism restarted especially in the city of Marrakesh, the main tourist hub of Morocco.
Fruit juice sellers, handicraft store-owners, and other workers who lost their livelihoods are back to business after the airports opened. The official figures, denote that Morocco’s tourism revenue in the first quarter of 2022, rose by 80 percent compared to the same period last year.
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