Rabat- The number of French bookings for vacations in Morocco has decreased by 36 per cent, according to figures from the French National Union of Travel Agencies (SNAV).
The number of bookings and departures registered a 36 and 46 per cent decrease, respectively.
The downward trend in French bookings and departures to Morocco had already begun during the previous months. In December, for example, the number of bookings and departures registered a 46 and 38 percent decrease, respectively.
Despite the decrease in numbers of French tourists, Morocco is still ranked among the top 5 medium-haul destinations most preferred by the French.
Morocco is on a par with Tunisia, which also recorded a respective decrease of 28 and 37 per cent, SNAV said.
If the tendency continues, the Moroccan tourism will be affected since the French tourists are the biggest foreign group that visits the kingdom.
The terrorist threats from the so-called Islamic State (IS), formerly known as ISIS or ISIL, and al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) have also contributed in the decline of the numbers of French tourists travelling to Morocco.
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