Morocco eyes Arab tourism market
Morocco-Regional, Economics, 11/24/2004

Morocco which already constitutes a destination of choice for Europeans, is seeking to attract more tourists from the Arab states. For this purpose, the Government will support efforts of travel agencies and tour operators in Arab countries that want to encourage their citizens to visit Morocco.

A message addressed by King Mohammed VI to participants in the International Congress of Journalists and Writers specialized in tourism that opened, in Marrakech Wednesday, said that despite the fact that Morocco has exceeded, for the first time ever, the 5 million tourist mark in 2004, "we do not content ourselves merely with visitors from European countries, which constitute the first tourist-emitting market in the world, but we also count on Arab tourism as we believe in the cultural role of tourist exchange and the contribution it makes to strengthening brotherly bonds between our peoples."

In his message read out on his behalf by Adil Douiri, Moroccan Minister of Tourism, handicraft and Social Economy, the monarch said: "In accordance with my instructions, the Moroccan government is seeking to support the efforts of travel agencies and tour operators in Arab countries that want to encourage their citizens to visit Morocco."

King Mohammed VI also called on investors, especially from the hotel industry in Arab and other countries, to avail themselves of the valuable and promising opportunities arising from the thriving tourist industry in the North African country.

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