Morocco’s jewel, Marrakech, made it to the top ten of Tripadvisor’s list of most attractive cities, ranking 8th ahead of Istanbul, New York and Dubai. Tripadvisor added that the Red city offers “inner peace at the serene Jardin Majorelle” and brims with architectural beauty. Marrakech was competing a premier league of most attractive cities such as Paris, London, Rome, Bali, Crete, Barcelona and Prague. Marrakech saw the number of tourists increase by 20% to reach 2 million tourists in 2017 with 7 million nights. Revenues of the tourist sector stood at 69.7 billion dirhams (€6.16 bln) in 2017 compared to 64.2 billion dirhams in 2016 and 5.67 billion in 2015.

Source: The North Africa Journal March 22, 2018 12:11 UTC