Once a colony of the mighty Roman empire, Morocco boasts a handful of beautiful ruins from that distant era. VISITORS to Morocco usually head straight for the beaches or plunge into the winding alleys of exotic medieval markets, but this rich North African country also has a wea ...

The Moroccan tourism sector remained stable in 2011 in spite of the Arab Spring and the instability it has created. A total of 9.34 million tourists visited the kingdom during the past year, creating 5.7 billion Euros in revenue. Kamal Bensouda, a Moroccan tourism official, said ...

Coastweek -- Kenya could soon realize her vision 2030 tourism flagship programme on development of tourist resort cities with the domestication of expertise from Morocco in line with a Memorandum of Understanding between the two countries. Tourism Minister Najib Balala says the ...

Orascom Development AG, a Swiss developer of resorts in Europe and the Middle East, said it received reservations valued at 10 million Swiss francs for purchases of units in a resort it is building in Morocco. The company has also signed a memorandum of understanding with Morocc ...

Rabat - Some 5.8 million tourists have visited Morocco up to July 2011, a rise of 3.4% compared to the same period of last year, according to statistics of the Ministry of Tourism. This upward trend has concerned the Kingdom's major markets, namely France (+3%), Germany (+13%), ...

London - After a strong growth in 2010, figures for early 2011 point to another bumper year for Morocco's tourism, said the Oxford Business Group (OBG). Confidence remains high despite the April bombing of a café in Marrakech, the effect of which appears to have been limi ...

Rabat - Night stays in Morocco's rated hotels have risen by 7 % in the year to March 2011, according to Tourism Observatory. Night stays of residents and non-residents have increased by 12% and 5% over the reporting period respectively. The number of tourist arrivals stood at 1 ...

The Spanish hotel chain opened on May 1st in Agadir the Riu Grand Palace Tikida Golf hotel and the Riu Tikida Garden hotel in the city of Marrakech RIU Hotels & Resorts opened on May 1st two hotels in Morocco, one in the Moroccan resort of Agadir and the other in the city of ...

Morocco's tourism minister, Yassir Znagui, said that in spite of the regional turbulence and the deadly bombing last week that targeted foreign tourists, this year the country's tourism receipts would increase faster than last year, reported Arab News. Znagui added that politica ...

Royal Air Maroc is still number 1, Ryanair (with around 50 routes) and easyJet (19 routes) are now second and third in the Moroccan market with a combined capacity share of almost 20%. In just six years, passenger numbers at Morocco’s airports have double from 7.7 mill ...