Over 4 Mln Tourists In Morocco In First 5 Months

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Over 4 mln tourists in Morocco in first 5 months

RABAT, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 10th Jul, 2018 ) :Over four million tourists arrived in Morocco in the first five months of the year, up 9% with respect to the same period in 2017, the national observatory on tourism has said.

The number of foreign tourists rose by 15% while arrivals by Moroccans living abroad fell by 1%.

Arrivals from Italy rose by 16%, also as a result of the increase in flight connections.

Arrivals from Germany rose by 12%, from France and the Netherlands by 8%, from the UK by 7% and from Spain by 4%.

The majority of tourists went to Marrakech and Agadir, which registered 60% of total overnight stays.

However, arrivals in Fes grew by 17% and in Tangier by