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Mediterranean ObserverSeptember 14, 2021
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“The Blue City Crisis” is a documentary detailing how Covid-19 hijacked the tourism industry in Chefchaouen, the most picturesque city in Morocco. A few decades ago, the Kingdom of Morocco made the strategic decision to take advantage of its favorable weather and location by developing its tourism sector. Over the years, the revenues attained from […]

Mediterranean ObserverSeptember 7, 2021
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3min4937
15 destinations, 65 weekly scheduled services Approximately 500,000 seats on sale Berlin, Dusseldorf, and Lyon extended throughout Winter Air Malta will start operating its Winter flight schedule on the 31st October with a planned 67 return direct weekly scheduled services to 15 major European Airports. London and Paris will be served with an average of […]

Mediterranean ObserverSeptember 1, 2021
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The reopening ceremony of Rams Road in Luxor will be a magnet for tourism, especially one-day trips, which represent 80% of the current tourist traffic in the city, according to Mohamed Osman, Head of the Cultural Tourism Promotion Committee in Luxor. Osman pointed out that Luxor owns a third of the world’s antiquities, and narrates […]

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The National Tourism Confederation of Morocco, adopted a new road map, the formation of priority governing bodies, and a work plan for 2021-2024 during the inaugural Governing Body of its new office. According to a Confederate communiqué, the road map highlighted three goals for the period between July and December 2021, taking into consideration the […]

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Egypt, Jordan and Israel are busy preparing for the future, investing significant funds and efforts into improving important religious and heritage sites. Despite the cautious optimism expressed by many countries’ tourism ministries and tour operators throughout the region during the summer, COVID-19 remains, and the tourism sector in all of the Middle East is bleeding. […]

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Morocco is open for tourism and leads COVID-19 immunizations in Africa Morocco reopened on June 15 for vaccinated tourists without testing restrictions from 100+ countries. All inbound travelers must bring a vaccine certificate or negative PCR COVID-19 test results. Fully vaccinated travelers from Morocco’s list B are now allowed entry without quarantine restrictions. Unvaccinated travelers […]

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Egyptian Tourism Minister holds meeting on future promotion plan for Egyptian tourist destinations Minister of Tourism and Antiquities, Khaled El-Anany, has met with representatives of the international company which manages the Egyptian Tourism Promotion Board’s (ETPB) social network accounts. The meeting discussed the future promotion plan for the Egyptian tourist destinations on different social media […]

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Tourism receipts fell 58.1% at the end of June 2021 to stand at 8.8 billion dirhams (MMDH), according to the Moroccan Department of Studies and Financial Forecasts (DEPF). For the month of June 2021, tourism receipts increased by 15.2%, benefiting from the gradual reopening of national borders from mid-June and the launch of Operation Marhaba […]


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