Tourism receipts in Morocco fell by 62.7% at the end of the first five months of 2021, after a drop of 30.6% a year earlier, said the Directorate of Financial Studies and Forecasts (DEPF).
This change covers a decrease of 22.8% during the first two months of the second quarter of 2021 and of 68.8% in Q1-2021, underlined the DEPF in its recent economic report.
As for the value added of the tourism sector, it fell by 50.3% in the first quarter of 2021, after a decline of 57.7% in Q4-2020 and of 7.6% in Q1-2020, noted the same source, adding that this result is confirmed by the drop in the number of tourist arrivals of 78.1% at the end of March 2021 (-90.3% for foreign tourists and -57.6% for Moroccans residing abroad).
Likewise, overnight stays in classified establishments fell by 70.1% (-90.6% for non-residents and -19.9% for residents).
