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The global financial and economic crisis is responsible for severe problems to a lot of sectors of the economy, such as the tourist industry. For a destination like Morocco, whose main causes of income are travel and leisure, mainly from EU countries and also the USA, and the flow of transfers by Moroccans Living Abroad (MLAs), this crisis may seem a like a real threat to the economy, that received a traveller revenue of 57 billion dirhams in 2008, approx. 20% of its GNP. [http://www.moroccowith.me Morocco]

This is particularly obvious as we take into account that income from tourism have dropped by 20% within the first months of 2009 according to the same period in 2008, from 4.33 to three.46 billions of dirhams. But the Moroccan tourist industry has the possibility to steer clear of the unwanted effects of 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 their holidays in 2008, an increase of 6.4% with regard to 2007. But it seems that tourists decided to shorten their stay, since the degree of overnight stays in listed places to stay establishments has fallen by 3%. Marrakech is by far the favourite destination of tourists in Morocco.

Out of an overall total places to stay total 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 main tourist Moroccan administration, has declared that Morocco has got the potentiality to face as much as the effects from the global financial crisis. One of its main assets may be the proximity of Morocco towards the main issuing countries, which facilitates the traffic of travelers with smaller budgets. Thus, the diversification from the products and of the investment has been accelerated, a scenario 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 aim at different visiting nationalities. Aside from MLAs, which will make up nearly half of the tourists that visit Morocco, the industry has traditionally focused on receiving visitors 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 the last few years, progressively more tourists from the United kingdom and Belgium have decided to visit the Maghribian country. Also, the amount of tourists from countries outside the EU has almost doubled in the period from 2001 to 2008. The proven fact that Morocco is putting a massive effort on this geographical diversity which it's comfortable with its important is reflected by its try to attract fleeing nationalities. [http://cliniquegiftwithpurchase.com Clinique Gift With Purchase]

For instance, the amount 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 country happen to be put in place, such as the recent opening of a spa resort in Taghazoute and also the similar projects of spa resorts in Saidia (June 2009) and Mazagan (October 2009), which have been strategically conceived to reply to the requirements from the German market. So, the diversification of the tourist industry as well as the services suggested, together with a growing quality of the training of tourist agents, an augmentation of the purchase of marketing and promotion, and 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 increasing the quality of its tourism, the diversity of their services and also the well-being of its visitors.

If you choose to possess a taste from the quality and number of the Moroccan tourist industry, we suggest you to go to the country and revel in it first hand. You can get a good idea of the excellence, service and diversity of accommodation accommodation Morocco provides simply by surfing the net. Also, in order to make the very best of your trip in Morocco I recommend you to contact your local travel agent to find out about the many various different vacations and leisure activities that you can find in this wonderful and diverse country.

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