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A 5% tourists' rise at the end of April




The overnight stays recorded at classified tourist accommodation establishments in April 2009 showed for the first time -since the beginning of this year- a +5% rise, compared to the same month of the previous year.

This evolution in terms of overnight stays is, to a large extent, due to the positive results realized by the residents (+11%) as well as the non residents( +4%).

In addition, the tourists' arrivals at the frontier posts pursue their sustained growth (+24% in April 2009). This significant increase has been made possible thanks to the excellent recorded performances of foreign tourists (+18%) and Moroccan nationals resident abroad (+38%).

The overnight stays increase recorded in April concerns most tourist destinations of the Kingdom (except for Rabat and Meknes ), notably Marrakech (+6%), Agadir (+4%) and Fez ( +30%) which hold nearly 94% of additional overnight stays.

The analysis per inbound destination shows that the major tourist markets contributing to this evolution at the level of overnight stays in April are: the Spanish market +89%, the German +15%, the Belgian+18%, and the Italian market +6%. However, the French and the English have witnessed a drop at the level of their overnight stays (-2% and -11% respectively).

Finally, the average room occupancy has indicated a slight decrease of 1 point to be set at 49% in April 2009 against 50% the preceding year.

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National Statistics- March 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

 
April 08
April 09
Var.(%)
jan- April 08
jan-April 09
Var.(%)
Non-résidents

1 248 276

1 296 545

4

4 259 964

4 031 026

-5

France

629 232

616 502

-2

1 926 920

1 833 229

-5

Royaume-Uni

93 640

83 249

-11

387 498

310 020

-20

Allemagne

83 924

96 499

15

321 992

345 010

7

Espagne

54 086

102 359

89

262 408

265 041

1

Arab countries

50 434

44 941

-11

193 138

188 817

-2

Italie

57 379

60 837

6

196 320

190 090

-3

Résidents

268 588

297 175

11

976 266

1 029 597

5

Total

1 516 864

1 593 720

5

5 236 230

5 060 623

-3

 

 

 


 
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