Tourism in Morocco

Tourism plays an important role in Morocco's economy, which is the core of the service sector in Morocco, which is available on road signs and Skkih network to a length of 59 474 km and 1813 km, and there is the most important international airports in all of the ,, Fez, Agadir, Marrakech, Tangier, Oujda and eyes. As the most important ports are stationed in all of Casablanca, Mohammedia, Kenitra, Tangier, Dakhla and Nador and Agadir.

There Morocco many World Heritage sites: the archaeological site of Walili, Palace of Ait Ben Haddou, Mazagan (new), the ancient city of Essaouira, the old city of Fez, the ancient city of Marrakech, the ancient city of Tetouan, the historic city of Meknes, the cultural space of the Jemaa El Fna Square,the city Tangier and the city of Tan.Tan.

Tourism antique cities: 
The official focus of tourism activity in Morocco, through decades, the cultural heritage offered by rich antique cities Bmatherha historical and traditional industries and popular culture these Fez, the first Islamic city in the country of Morocco, is a museum open pulsing history. Includes the prestigious University of villagers and a series of traditional markets, hotels Altarichah.ohzh red Marrakech Koutoubia surrounding a silo, and raises interesting visitors Badi Palace and break the lighthouse and Agdal Gardens, in addition to the traditional world of diverse industry. But her heart remains beating represented in the yard, "Djemaa el Fna" classified by the body, "UNESCO" universal human heritage of oral literature and the arts, which is an open space for popular Gap inherent in various forms and colors. It is no coincidence that the selection of Marrakech to host the National Festival of Folk Art and the Meknes, Rabat and Salé, WHDH Tangier city of magnificent nicknamed the Bride of the north, bordering the Mediterranean Ocean, Mediterranean Sea Alatlenti and accepted Taroudant, pieces of ancient history is open and libraries and museums and castles for tourists hungry for knowledge ..

Mountain tourism
Since the beginning of the tourist activity takes the form of contemporary, pioneers discovered distinct spaces for the practice of mountain tourism. The small city of Azilal (east of Marrakech) present activity. In winter the Atlas Mountains form the pole attractions thanks to snow that circulated Hamadtha. Morocco and is available on the important areas to ski on snow various Osnavh, both in the "Okimdn" on the outskirts of Marrakech, or in "Michleven" Azrou Ifrane cities and suburbs, and regions are available on the sports and tourist facilities
In the summer, the role of amateur sports climbing, which is particularly active in the outskirts of Marrakech, or convoys crossing the High Atlas Azilal from the northern foothills of the valves or composed or Tinerhir southern foothills comes. As many enthusiasts visited the deep caves and especially those located in the outskirts of the cities of Agadir in the south and Taza in the northeast. Also flock to these mountains amateur nature reserves, where the countryside and mountains of the Atlas Mountains are available on the most important protected areas in the country, especially the reserves Souss and Toubkal.

Sport tourism
Moroccan authorities have made special efforts to make physical activity in the tourism service. And relied in particular on the game of golf as a sport senior businessmen and set up tourist villages on a series of golf courses across the country
But sports tourism in Morocco did not generate this administrative decision, before it was mountains provide adequate space to fly glider, and natural lakes, located in various regions of the country, was and is still of interest to amateur flatwater games. At the same time constitute the country, in different areas, plenty of space to practice my sport hunting and fishing

Religious tourism
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Beach tourism
 Morocco has 3,500 kilometers of beaches, a third of the Mediterranean Sea, and the rest of the Atlantic Ocean. It is what makes him a favorite of amateur tourism destinations, Moroccans and foreigners . and beaches were always a favorite destination with tourists during the summer in particular.
Mediterranean sea is proposed to the visitors the West and South, quiet beaches of pure water and golden sands, from Saadia to Tangier, passing through the front, Al Hoceima, Ristinka small palace, in the Atlantic Ocean presents a variety of complexions beaches, from Tangier to Lagouira, passing and the asila  and Moulay Bousselham and Mahdia and Temara and Skhirat and Casablanca and neonatal and Essaouira, Agadir, Safi, Sidi Ifni and eyes, as well as Tangier, which is the capital of this type of tourism.

Statistics
 The Moroccan Ministry of Tourism announced on Wednesday, July 5, the number of tourists in Morocco in the last five months of the current year increased by 16 per cent compared with last year. He has visited about 2.09 million tourists in the country that period, including 696 thousand Moroccan immigrant abroad. The ministry said that the highest recorded in Tangier by 31 per cent. In Marrakech, the figure was 27 per cent and 14 per cent in Agadir and 11 per cent in Casablanca and 9 per cent in Meknes and 8 per cent in Rabat and 6 per cent in Essaouira.
Tourism in Morocco recorded a decline in revenues amounted to 43% in early 2002 due to the effects of the events of September 11 in the United States amounted to tourism revenues in the first month of this year, $ 102 million compared to the same period in 2001, with revenues of about $ 179 million.
And works in the Moroccan tourism industry about 620 000 people and was the industry has seen a significant development in the years who scoop September 11 In 2000, tourism revenues increased 28% and reached 8.26 billion dirhams ($ 38.2 billion), but that Morocco aims to receive ten million annually by 2010, tourists from around 2.4 million tourists last year. And trying to Morocco to minimize the negative effects left by the events of September to continue in more projects, work has started since October 2002 for the development of sites for the construction of 36 hotels with about 7 thousand rooms in Marrakech, an investment costing 44.6 billion dirhams as well as some of the projects for many investors.
Morocco may be less harmful than the bad situation of tourism in the world due to the moderation that sets it apart.
Moroccan Tourist Office has set out to identify the most prominent features of the emergency plan to cope with the current crisis, Morocco is able to attract between 5 and 6 million tourists without taking into account the border tourism, which would change to some extent tourism and attract a variety of which an estimated two million tourists increase can Moroccan tourism who are abroad and publicity campaigns studied with priority given to all classes