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The global financial and economic crisis is responsible for severe problems to many sectors from the economy, including the tourist industry. For a place like Morocco, whose main causes of income are tourism, mainly from EU countries and the USA, and the flow of transfers by Moroccans Living Abroad (MLAs), this crisis may seem a like a real threat to its economy, that received a vacationer revenue of 57 billion dirhams in 2008, approx. 20% of their GNP. Morocco

Many of the obvious if we take into account that income from tourism have fallen by 20% within the first months of 2009 according to the same period in 2008, from 4.33 to three.46 billions of dirhams. However the Moroccan tourist industry has the potential to avoid the negative effects from the crisis, as well as benefit from the changes undergone by the sector. According to the Moroccan Ministry of Tourism, 7.878.639 tourists chose Morocco for his or her holidays in 2008, an increase of 6.4% regarding 2007. However 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.

From a total places to stay total capacity of 152.936 beds throughout Morocco, 44.394 of them are in Marrakech, which signifies almost 30%. The ONMT (Office National Marocain du Tourisme), the primary tourist Moroccan administration, has asserted that Morocco has got the potentiality to face as much as the results from the global financial crisis. Among its main assets is the proximity of Morocco to the main issuing countries, which facilitates the traffic of travelers with smaller budgets. Thus, the diversification from the products as well as an investment has been accelerated, a situation that's been profited by low-cost airlines and travel agencies.

One of the examples of the diversification carried out by the Moroccan tourist market is its will to are designed for different visiting nationalities. Aside from MLAs, which make up nearly half of the tourists that visit Morocco, the industry has traditionally centered 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). But in the last few years, an increasing number of tourists in the United kingdom and Belgium decided to go to the Maghribian country. Also, the number of tourists from countries away from EU has almost doubled in the period from 2001 to 2008. The fact that Morocco is putting an enormous effort on this geographic diversification and that it's comfortable with its important is reflected by its endeavor 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 plans to attract German people to the nation happen to be put in place, like the recent opening of a spa resort in Taghazoute and also the similar projects of spa resorts in Saidia (June 2009) and Mazagan (2009), that have been strategically conceived to respond to the demands of the German market. So, the diversification of the tourist industry and of the help suggested, together with a growing excellence of the training of tourist agents, an enhancement from the purchase of marketing and promotion, along with a new focus on the cooperation of private and public economic operators is allowing Morocco to ride out the threats of the global economy while increasing the quality of their tourism, the diversity of their services and also the well-being of their visitors.

If you choose to possess a taste from the quality and number of the Moroccan tourist industry, we endorse you to go to the country and enjoy it top notch. You can get a good idea of the excellence, service and range of accommodation accommodation Morocco has to offer just by surfing the net. Also, to make the best of your trip in Morocco I suggest you to make contact with your local travel agent to find out about the many choices of different vacations and leisure activities that you can get in this wonderful and diverse country.