Mr. Newton also added that “North Africa is actually doing really well”, especially the Morocco market “is growing each year” and “Tunisia will eventually come back as well”. While political turmoil and jihadist attacks have battered the sector in Tunisia and Egypt, Morocco registered 10 million visitors in 2016 and about 11 million visitors, according to the Moroccan Tourism Observatory. In any case, 2017 was a record year for the industry in one of Africa’s leading tourism destination – Marrakech. “We’re constantly looking for new destinations, especially in the winter, that have a good climate, that have year-round sun,” says Newton. “There was a small improvement since last year but it’s not quite reached the levels of five years ago.”

Source: The North Africa Journal May 02, 2018 10:30 UTC