
Hotel
Frequency
7,7million tourists at the end of November 2009 (+7%)
The overnight stays recorded at classified tourist accommodation establishments have shown a 5% drop, compared with the month of November 2008.The decrease in terms of overnight stays recorded during that month is mainly reflected in the negative results of non resident tourists (-7%), an outcome which has been partially reduced thanks to the positive performance recorded by residents whose overnight stays have risen by 6%.
During that period, the volume of the tourists' arrivals at the frontier posts has risen by 24% (+6% for foreign tourists and +2% for the Moroccan Nationals Resident abroad/MRE).
The most important tourist destination of the Kingdom, that is to say Marrakech has shown a positive evolution( +1% in terms of overnight stays), thus achieving its third consecutive growth with a +5% rise last month and +10% in the month of September. The cities of Fez and El Jadida-Mazagan have also witnessed a growth at the level of their overnight stays of 23% and 96% respectively.
However, the majority of the other major destinations have shown a decline as regards their overnight stays during that month: Agadir (-15%), Casablanca (-11%), Tangier (-10%) and Rabat (-16%).
The decrease in the overnight stays of non residents accounts primarily for the French market (-16%), the German market (-7%) and the Scandinavian one (-41%), countries which represent 82% of the lost tourist nights during that month.
The markets which have recorded a positive evolution in terms of overnight stays that month are Spain (+5%), the Arab countries (+10%) and Belgium (+7%).
inally, the average room occupancy rate has shown a four point drop, to be set at 37% in November 2009, against 41% the previous year.
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National Statistics-
November 2009 - (in french)
Annual evolution of nights spent in classified accommodation establishments
| |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
Var (%) |
|
Non résidents |
10 293 123 |
8 865 997 |
8 515 293 |
10 307 268 |
12 259 489 |
13 345 867 |
13 703 222 |
13 067 592 |
-5 |
dont |
France |
4 436 713 |
4 152 369 |
4 329 870 |
5 240 184 |
6 231 344 |
6 405 761 |
6 419 752 |
5 936 414 |
-8 |
|
Spain |
468 163 |
344 587 |
354 495 |
559 481 |
699 362 |
816 842 |
766 553 |
816 985 |
7 |
|
United Kingdom |
606 881 |
485 281 |
450 654 |
567 385 |
860 904 |
1 202 223 |
1 367 142 |
1 074 673 |
-21 |
| |
Germany |
1 563 578 |
1 089 132 |
761 604 |
823 916 |
904 777 |
985 685 |
988 958 |
959 079 |
-3 |
| |
Belgium |
435 533 |
386 412 |
356 957 |
498 876 |
624 088 |
688 878 |
667 906 |
590 868 |
-12 |
| |
Italy |
663 287 |
551 389 |
439 014 |
519 290 |
568 695 |
633 102 |
604 219 |
570 730 |
-6 |
| Résidents |
2 402 104 |
2 454 885 |
2 657 826 |
2 857 602 |
2 956 100 |
2 981 018 |
3 190 581 |
3 393 925 |
6 |
| Total |
12 695 227 |
11 320 882 |
11 173 119 |
13 164 870 |
15 215 589 |
16 326 885 |
16 893 803 |
16 461 517 |
-3 |
Monthly evolution of nights spent in classified accommodation establishments
| |
|
Nov 09 |
Var.(%) |
jan- Nov 08 |
|
|
|
Non-residents |
950 890 |
879 638 |
-7 |
12 306 041 |
11 681 729 |
-5 |
| France |
401 618 |
337 286 |
-16 |
5 636 474 |
5 237 479 |
-7 |
|
United Kingdon |
80 222 |
78 078 |
-3 |
1 008 139 |
860 580 |
-15 |
|
Belgium |
38 889 |
41 685 |
7 |
560 444 |
550 123 |
-2 |
| Spain |
59 136 |
62 125 |
5 |
751 439 |
832 884 |
11 |
| Arab countries |
47 317 |
52 156 |
10 |
560 427 |
584 475 |
4 |
| Allemagne |
89 972 |
83 287 |
-7 |
897 878 |
837 509 |
-7 |
| Residents |
246 109 |
260 968 |
6 |
3 166 914 |
3 433 038 |
8 |
| Total |
1 196 999 |
1 140 606 |
-5 |
15 472 955 |
15 114 767 |
-2 |
|