The ministry said, in a statement, that “the tourism sector continues to achieve positive results.”
Last May, according to the statement, was marked by “receiving about 1.7 million tourists, an increase of 13% compared to the same month in 2025.”
The statement quoted the Minister of Tourism and Traditional Industry, Fatima Zahraa Amour, as saying, “The tourism sector continues to achieve positive performance during the year 2026.”
Amour also stated that the recorded results demonstrate the effectiveness of the sector’s strategy, which focuses on investing in air connectivity, developing the tourism offer, and improving the tourist experience.
She explained that this vision enables “maintaining a sustainable growth path and enhancing the Kingdom’s attractiveness to tourists from all over the world.”
Last January, the United Nations Tourism Organization announced that Morocco would top the list of tourist destinations on the African continent during the year 2025.
The organization said, in a report on tourism statistics in the world, that Morocco received about 20 million foreign tourists in 2025, recording a growth of 14% compared to 2024.
During the past year, tourism revenues amounted to 138 billion dirhams (about 13.8 billion dollars), an increase of 21% compared to the previous year.
Morocco previously topped the list in Africa in 2024, receiving 17.4 million tourists, with a growth of 20% over 2023.
The Kingdom is betting on increasing the number of tourists, benefiting from organizing sporting events and international conferences.
It hosted the African Nations Football Championship in 2025, and in 2030 it will host the FIFA World Cup, jointly with Spain and Portugal.
Morocco aims to attract 26 million tourists by 2030, provide 150,000 beds by 2030, and spend 38 billion dirhams (about 4.2 billion dollars) over the years before hosting the FIFA World Cup in 2030.
