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Marrakch- The number of German tourists arrivals in Marrakech over the first eight months of the year rose by 36.5% compared to last year. Nights spent in Marrakech by tourists rose by 34%.
The Moroccan Tourist Office is designating Germany as a strategic market, noting that German tourists take 82 million trips per year, making it the largest market for tourism package flights. Germans are high-spending tourists who travel an average of 5 days. In Morocco, the total expenditure of German tourists increased by 13% between 2010 and 2011, from 1.46 to 1.65 billion dirhams, according to a survey conducted on behalf of the Observatory of Tourism, according to L’Economiste.
Marrakech’s Menara airport recently added an airline route to Frankfurt, operated by Lufthansa. The Frankfurt link comes after the airport recently established a link to the German capital, Berlin.
Marrakech now has 34 flights to six German cities: Berlin, Munich, Dusseldorf, Hahn, Cologne/Bonn, and Memmingen. Three additional routes are scheduled to open in 2014-15, including Düsseldorf (operated by Air Berlin) and Hamburg (operated by Germania) and Vienna (operated by Niki Air).
Lahcen Haddad, the Minister of Tourism, reassured local authorities and tourism professionals in Marrakech that the tourism market was stable, after reported cancellations due to a French government tourist warning for 28 Muslim countries, including. Morocco.
Abdessalam Bikrat, the Wali of Marrakech, stressed that there had been no evidence of tourist cancellations and no cancellation of any events in Marrakech’s busy calendar of conferences and shows.
Hamid Bentahar, the Chairman of CRT Marrakech, also confirmed that the activities in the city remained unaffected and the general trend remained extremely positive.
