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The worldwide financial and financial crisis has caused severe problems to many sectors from the economy, including the tourist trade. For a place like Morocco, whose main sources of earnings are travel and leisure, mainly from EU countries and the USA, and also the flow of transfers by Moroccans Living Abroad (MLAs), this crisis may seem a like a real threat to the economy, that received a tourist revenue of 57 billion dirhams in 2008, approx. 20% of its GNP. Morocco

Many of the obvious as we consider that revenues from tourism have dropped by 20% in the first months of 2009 according to the same period in 2008, from 4.33 to 3.46 billions of dirhams. However the Moroccan tourist industry has got the potential to steer clear of the unwanted effects from the crisis, or even benefit from the changes undergone through the sector. According to the Moroccan Secretary of state for Tourism, 7.878.639 tourists chose Morocco for his or her holidays in 2008, a rise of 6.4% regarding 2007. But it appears as if tourists decided to shorten their stay, since the degree of overnight stays in listed accommodation establishments has fallen by 3%. Marrakech is by far the favourite destination of tourists in Morocco.

Out of a total hotels capacity of 152.936 beds throughout Morocco, 44.394 seem to be in Marrakech, which signifies almost 30%. The ONMT (Office National Marocain du Tourisme), the primary tourist Moroccan administration, has declared that Morocco has got the potentiality to face as much as the effects of the global economic crisis. Among its main assets may be the proximity of Morocco to the main issuing countries, which facilitates the traffic of travelers with smaller budgets. Thus, the diversification of the products as well as the investment has been accelerated, a situation that's been profited by low-cost airlines and travel agencies.

Among the types of the diversification carried out by the Moroccan tourist industry is its will to are designed for different visiting nationalities. Aside from MLAs, which make up nearly half from the tourists that visit Morocco, the has traditionally focused on receiving guests from France (1.707.055 French tourists in 2008 and 22% of total visitors) and Spain (595.279 Spanish tourists in 2008, 8% of the total). However in recent years, progressively more tourists from the UK and Belgium have decided to go to the Maghribian country. Also, the number of tourists from countries outside the EU has almost doubled in the period from 2001 to 2008. The fact that Morocco is putting an enormous effort about this geographic diversification which it is comfortable with its important is reflected by its try to attract fleeing nationalities. Clinique Gift With Purchase

For instance, the number of German travelers has fallen by almost 10% from 2001 to 2008. In order to modify this tendency, new intends to attract German people to the nation have been set in motion, such as the recent opening of the spa resort in Taghazoute and also the similar projects of spa resorts in Saidia (June 2009) and Mazagan (2009), which have been strategically conceived to respond to the demands from the German market. So, the diversification from the tourist industry and of the services suggested, together with an increasing excellence of the training of tourist agents, an enhancement of the purchase of marketing and promotion, along with a new emphasis on the cooperation of public and private economic operators is allowing Morocco to ride out the threats of the global economic situation while enhancing the quality of their tourism, the diversity of its services and the well-being of their visitors.

If you choose to have a taste from the quality and variety of the Moroccan tourist industry, we suggest you to definitely visit the country and enjoy it top notch. You can aquire a good idea from the excellence, service and range of accommodation places to stay Morocco has to offer just by surfing the net. Also, to make the very best of your trip in Morocco I suggest you to make contact with the local tour operator to discover more on the many choices of different vacations and leisure activities that you can find in this excellent and diverse country.