“As part of fulfilling its ambition to promote the tourism sector and in order to benefit from the influx of foreign tourists to Morocco following the historic feat of the Moroccan national team during the 2022 World Cup final, the ONMT continues to deploy more efforts with travel prescribers and national and international airlines to increase the number of tourists to Morocco,” the Office said in a press release.
Thus, the Office announced an expanded program that concerns 8 Moroccan destinations and promises to support tourist destinations to prepare a unique summer season. This is reflected in particular by the opening of 35 new lines with 10 airlines for the 2023 summer season, specifies the same source.
In this regard, Adel El Fakir, Director General of ONMT, quoted in the press release, said: “As you know, air transport is a lever for the development of the tourism sector. For the Office, it seemed necessary to contribute to the creation of new air routes connecting Morocco to the rest of the world in order to strengthen the good reputation enjoyed by our country, by working to ensure an intensive connection of Moroccan destinations with the markets sending tourists to the Kingdom.”
There are 8 Moroccan destinations concerned by this vast and friendly program, recalls the Office, citing Agadir, Essaouira, Fez, Marrakech, Nador, Ouarzazate, Rabat and Tangier.
As for the new air routes, they concern 9 issuing markets: Germany, Belgium, Spain, France, Greece, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal and the United Kingdom. 10 airlines will operate these new routes, point to point: Aegean Airlines, Air Arabia Maroc, Binter Canarias, EasyJet, Eurowings Discover, Luxair, Ryanair, TUIfly Belgium, Volotea and Vueling, notes the press release, noting that all ONMT delegations abroad have been mobilized for this purpose, in order to obtain the expected results of this approach.
The press release cites 4 new air routes for the city of Agadir, which will connect it to Strasbourg and Lisbon with Ryanair; to Frankfurt with Eurowings Discover and to Glasgow with EasyJet;
There are also 4 new airlines for Essaouira that will connect it to Bordeaux with EasyJet; to the Canary Islands with Binter, to London with Ryanair and to Barcelona with Vueling;
The office also reports 4 new air routes for Fez that will connect it to Alicante and Palma de Mallorca with Ryanair, to Duesseldorf with Air Arabia Maroc and to Clermont-Ferrand with Ryanair; 7 new air routes for Marrakech that will connect it to Nantes with Volotea, to Paris with Vueling, to Frankfurt with Eurowings Discover and with Ryanair; to Athens with Agean, to Luxembourg with Luxair, to Amsterdam and Lisbon with EasyJet; to Girona and Palma de Mallorca with Ryanair and, finally, to Bilbao with Volotea and with Vueling.
Two new airlines for Nador, which will connect it to Toulouse and Palma de Mallorca with Ryanair; 2 new airlines for Ouarzazate which will connect to Barcelona and London with Ryanair.
Three new lines for Rabat which will be connected to Brussels with TUIfly Belgium and to Toulouse and Madrid with Ryanair and 4 new lines for Tangier which will be connected to Montpellier, Cologne, Palma de Mallorca and the Canary Islands with Air Arabia Maroc.
Through this operation, the ONMT continues its main mission in terms of promoting and marketing the Moroccan tourism brand and emits strong signals that will inevitably qualify it to gain more confidence from tourism professionals and different international destinations for a successful season, the beginnings of which are now beginning to appear on the horizon, concludes the press release.
2024-08-13 01:18:38