Morocco Tourism Statistics Updated November 2026

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161 Morocco Tourism Statistics for 2026

Morocco counted 19.8 million tourist arrivals at its borders in 2025, a record, and visitors spent MAD 138.6 billion. Just over half of those arrivals were Moroccans who live abroad coming home, so the number of foreign tourists was about 9.6 million.

This page gathers the official figures on Morocco tourism in one place: arrivals, foreign tourists and the diaspora, source markets, how people arrive, airports, spending, the value of tourism to the economy, overnight stays, the busiest regions and cities, hotels and riads, the seasons and weather, the big football tournaments and the 2026 trend. Every number links to the body that published it, with the date.

Two points shape every figure. Arrivals are counted at border posts and include Moroccans resident abroad (MRE), and market tables count people by country of residence, not nationality. Overnight stays use the ministry's revised series from November 2025; the older series in the national statistical yearbook is much lower and is never mixed with it.

Headline figures

How many tourists visit Morocco each year?

Arrivals have set a new record every year since 2023, after a deep fall in the pandemic. The total counts everyone entering as a tourist, including Moroccans who live abroad, so it is larger than the number of foreign visitors.

10.05m 2013 10.28m 2014 10.18m 2015 10.33m 2016 11.35m 2017 12.29m 2018 12.93m 2019 2.78m 2020 3.72m 2021 10.87m 2022 14.52m 2023 17.41m 2024 19.79m 2025
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Tourist arrivals at Morocco's border posts, 2013 to 2025, including Moroccans resident abroad. The pandemic years 2020 and 2021 stand out.
PeriodValue
201310.05m
201410.28m
201510.18m
201610.33m
201711.35m
201812.29m
201912.93m
20202.78m
20213.72m
202210.87m
202314.52m
202417.41m
202519.79m
Tourist arrivals at Morocco's border posts, 2013 to 2025, including Moroccans resident abroad. The pandemic years 2020 and 2021 stand out. (Ministry of Tourism (annual indicators), Mar 2026)

Arrivals are counted at border posts and include Moroccans resident abroad (MRE) as well as foreign tourists. All years come from one ministry file released in March 2026, so figures in earlier releases may differ slightly. The world ranking is UN Tourism's, as reported by the ministry, and uses the total including MRE.

How many arrivals are foreign tourists, and how many are Moroccans living abroad?

Moroccans who live abroad made up just over half of all arrivals in 2025, and their number grew almost twice as fast as that of foreign tourists. Every arrivals figure on this page includes both groups unless it says otherwise.

  • Moroccans resident abroad 10.16m
  • Foreign tourists 9.63m
Border arrivals in 2025 split between foreign tourists and Moroccans resident abroad. (Office des Changes (balance of payments 2025), Oct 2026)

Foreign tourist counts exclude cruise passengers. The annual report's total for 2025 is 10 higher than the ministry's, a small revision. The 82% share is our calculation. The 2024 regional split covers foreign tourists only; the 2025 report splits all arrivals, including MRE, by continent instead, so the two are not like for like.

Where do Morocco's visitors come from?

France and Spain send the most arrivals by far, more than half the total between them. The ministry counts people by country of residence, so these figures include Moroccans living in each country as well as its own nationals.

  1. 1 France 5.76m
  2. 2 Spain 4.55m
  3. 3 United Kingdom 1.41m
  4. 4 Belgium 1.24m
  5. 5 Italy 1.15m
  6. 6 Netherlands 0.95m
  7. 7 Germany 0.93m
  8. 8 United States 0.48m
  9. 9 Canada 0.26m
Border arrivals by country of residence in 2025, the seven largest markets plus the United States and Canada. Each includes Moroccans living in that country. (Ministry of Tourism (arrivals by market), Mar 2026)

Market figures count arrivals by country of residence and include Moroccans living in each country, so they are not counts of each country's nationals. The 88% share is our calculation.

How do visitors arrive in Morocco?

About seven in ten arrivals come by air, and Marrakech is the busiest way in. Land crossings at the Spanish enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla carry more arrivals than most airports, mostly Moroccans living in Europe and regional traffic.

  1. 1 Marrakech-Menara airport 4.80m
  2. 2 Casablanca Mohammed V airport 3.15m
  3. 3 Bab Sebta (Ceuta, land) 2.00m
  4. 4 Beni Ansar (Melilla, land) 1.51m
  5. 5 Tanger Med port 1.41m
  6. 6 Agadir Al Massira airport 1.40m
  7. 7 Tangier Ibn Battouta airport 1.18m
  8. 8 Rabat-Sale airport 0.83m
  9. 9 Fes Saiss airport 0.82m
Tourist arrivals at Morocco's main entry points in 2025, by air, land and sea. (Ministry of Tourism (arrivals by entry point), Mar 2026)

These are tourist arrivals at each border post, including MRE, not airport passenger totals, which also count departures and Moroccan residents. Port arrivals are mostly ferry passengers, not cruise passengers.

How busy are Morocco's airports and air links?

Morocco's airports handled close to 33 million passengers in 2024, and foreign airlines, many of them low-cost, carried most of them. The government plans to more than double airport capacity by 2030.

  1. 1 Casablanca Mohammed V 10.49m
  2. 2 Marrakech Menara 9.28m
  3. 3 Agadir 3.13m
  4. 4 Tangier 2.40m
  5. 5 Fes-Saiss 1.95m
Passengers at Morocco's five busiest airports in 2024, on airport authority (ONDA) figures. (HCP (statistical yearbook), Jun 2026)
  • Moroccan airports handled 32,786,963 passengers in 2024, up 20.6% on 2023. (HCP (statistical yearbook), Jun 2026)
  • Casablanca Mohammed V was the busiest airport in 2024, with 10,485,990 passengers, ahead of Marrakech Menara on 9,282,177. (HCP (statistical yearbook), Jun 2026)
  • Agadir handled 3,131,613 passengers in 2024, Tangier 2,401,938 and Fes-Saiss 1,949,355. (HCP (statistical yearbook), Jun 2026)
  • Marrakech recorded 64,949 aircraft movements in 2024. (HCP (statistical yearbook), Jun 2026)
  • Foreign airlines carried 20,964,394 commercial passengers in 2024, about 64% of the total, up 29.8% on 2023. (HCP (statistical yearbook), Jun 2026)
  • Royal Air Maroc carried 8,871,822 passengers at Moroccan airports in 2024 and Air Arabia Maroc 2,869,938. (HCP (statistical yearbook), Jun 2026)
  • Airlines under contract with the national tourism office offered 7.74 million seats for summer 2026, 13% more than a year earlier, and 52 new international routes opened in the first half of 2026. (Ministry of Tourism, Jul 2026)
  • Ryanair says it runs 191 routes linking 13 Moroccan airports with 15 European countries, and plans 5.3 million seats and 17 new routes for winter 2026-27. (Ministry of Tourism, Oct 2026)
  • Under its Airports 2030 strategy, the government aims to raise national airport capacity from 30 million to 80 million passengers a year by 2030. (Kingdom of Morocco portal, Apr 2025)
  • Casablanca and Marrakech airports plan to expand to a combined 37.5 million passengers a year by 2030: 23.3 million and 14.2 million. (FIFA, Nov 2024)
  • Royal Air Maroc's 2023-2037 contract with the state plans to grow its fleet from 50 to 200 aircraft, and supports an ambition of 65 million air passengers by 2037. (Head of Government, Jul 2023)

Airport figures are the airport authority's (ONDA) for 2024, provisional, as published in the national statistical yearbook in June 2026. They count arriving, departing and transit passengers of all nationalities. The 64% share is our calculation. Seat and route figures for 2026 come from the tourism office and Ryanair, not official statistics, and capacity figures are plans.

How much do visitors spend in Morocco?

Visitors spent more in Morocco in 2025 than ever before, and travel is now the largest item in the country's services exports. These receipts include spending by Moroccans living abroad on their visits home.

MAD 93.9bn 2022 MAD 107.6bn 2023 MAD 114.5bn 2024 MAD 138.6bn 2025
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Morocco's travel receipts, 2022 to 2025, in billions of dirhams, from the balance of payments.
PeriodValue
2022MAD 93.9bn
2023MAD 107.6bn
2024MAD 114.5bn
2025MAD 138.6bn
Morocco's travel receipts, 2022 to 2025, in billions of dirhams, from the balance of payments. (Office des Changes (balance of payments 2025), Oct 2026)

Receipts are balance-of-payments figures: money spent in Morocco by non-residents, who include Moroccans living abroad. The ministry's provisional 2025 figure was slightly lower; we use the final annual figure. The per-arrival average and the 44% and 29% shares are our calculations; the per-arrival average mixes foreign tourists and MRE. The dollar figure is UN Tourism's conversion and should not be set against dirham figures.

What is tourism worth to Morocco's economy?

Tourism's direct share of the economy is higher than before the pandemic. These figures come from the tourism satellite account, which counts direct effects only, and the 2025 figures are provisional.

  • Visitors from abroad (incl. MRE) 69.2%
  • Residents of Morocco 30.8%
Who did the spending: tourism consumption in Morocco in 2025, visitors from abroad against residents. (HCP (tourism satellite account), Oct 2026)

The tourism satellite account measures tourism's direct contribution. It is not comparable with total-impact estimates that add suppliers and the wages spent on. The 2024 share was revised down from the first estimate when national GDP was revised; tourism GDP itself did not change. Consumption by visitors from abroad in this account is measured differently from balance-of-payments receipts, so the two figures differ.

How many nights do visitors spend in Morocco's hotels?

Nights in classified hotels, guesthouses and resorts have risen every year since 2020. In November 2025 the ministry revised this series back to 2019, so only the revised figures are charted here.

34.72m 2019 6.99m 2020 9.19m 2021 19.01m 2022 35.87m 2023 39.92m 2024 43.43m 2025
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Nights in Morocco's classified tourist accommodation, 2019 to 2025, on the ministry's revised series.
PeriodValue
201934.72m
20206.99m
20219.19m
202219.01m
202335.87m
202439.92m
202543.43m
Nights in Morocco's classified tourist accommodation, 2019 to 2025, on the ministry's revised series. (Ministry of Tourism (annual indicators), Mar 2026)

The ministry introduced a new estimation model for classified accommodation in November 2025 and revised the series back to 2019, so figures before 2019 are on a different basis. The national statistical yearbook still uses the older series, which gives about 28.7 million nights for 2024 against 39.9 million on the new basis. Most of the gap is guesthouses, which the new model counts far more fully. The two series are never mixed on this page. The reading of the Spain figures is ours. Market figures count nights by country of residence.

How much do Moroccans travel in their own country?

Moroccan residents account for just over a quarter of nights in classified accommodation, and their travel is growing more slowly than visits from abroad. There is no recent official survey of domestic trips, so hotel nights and tourism spending are the best measures.

  • Non-residents 72.2%
  • Residents of Morocco 27.8%
Nights in classified accommodation in 2025, residents of Morocco against non-residents. (Ministry of Tourism (nights by market), Mar 2026)
  • Residents of Morocco spent 12,063,970 nights in classified accommodation in 2025, 27.8% of the total, up 3.3%. (Ministry of Tourism (nights by market), Mar 2026)
  • Residents' nights were 13.6% above the 2019 level of 10,618,637, while non-residents' nights were 30.1% higher. (Ministry of Tourism (nights by market), Mar 2026)
  • Residents spent MAD 68.4 billion on tourism in Morocco in 2025, 30.8% of tourism consumption, up 5.5%. (HCP (tourism satellite account), Oct 2026)
  • Between 2019 and 2024 residents' tourism spending in Morocco rose 34.6%, from MAD 48.2 billion to MAD 64.8 billion, while spending by visitors from abroad rose 46.8%. (HCP (tourism satellite account), Dec 2025)
  • Residents' hotel nights peak in summer: 1,852,372 in August 2025 against 498,898 in March, 3.7 times as many. (HCP (quarterly bulletin), 2026)
  • In Tanger-Assilah, almost half of hotel guest arrivals in 2024 were Moroccan residents: 407,388 of 837,293. (HCP (statistical yearbook), Jun 2026)
  • In Agadir Ida-Outanane, Moroccan residents made 439,172 of the 1,364,558 hotel guest arrivals in 2024. (HCP (statistical yearbook), Jun 2026)

Resident tourism spending includes trips within Morocco and the part of residents' trips abroad spent in Morocco. Guest arrivals by prefecture come from the yearbook, which uses the older accommodation series. The 3.7 times ratio is our calculation. Stays with family and in second homes are not counted in any of these figures.

Which regions of Morocco get the most visitors?

Two regions, Marrakech-Safi and Souss-Massa around Agadir, take well over half of all nights in classified accommodation. The desert region of Draa-Tafilalet grew fastest in 2025.

  1. 1 Marrakech-Safi 16.59m
  2. 2 Souss-Massa 8.83m
  3. 3 Casablanca-Settat 4.31m
  4. 4 Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima 3.96m
  5. 5 Fes-Meknes 3.11m
  6. 6 Draa-Tafilalet 2.36m
  7. 7 Rabat-Sale-Kenitra 1.68m
Nights in classified accommodation by region in 2025, on the ministry's revised series. (Ministry of Tourism (nights by region), Mar 2026)

Regions are larger than cities: Marrakech-Safi also includes Safi and Essaouira, and Souss-Massa includes Taroudant. The 58.5% share is our sum of the two published shares.

Which Moroccan cities get the most overnight stays?

Marrakech is Morocco's biggest tourist city by a wide margin, with more hotel nights in 2025 than Agadir, Casablanca and Tangier combined. Agadir guests stay longest, while city-break destinations such as Fes and Casablanca see short stays.

  1. 1 Marrakech 13.66m
  2. 2 Agadir-Taghazout 8.14m
  3. 3 Casablanca 3.19m
  4. 4 Tangier 2.29m
  5. 5 Fes 1.68m
  6. 6 Essaouira 1.25m
  7. 7 Rabat 0.99m
Nights in classified accommodation by city in 2025, our sums of the ministry's monthly figures. (HCP (quarterly bulletin), 2026)
  • Marrakech recorded about 13.66 million nights in classified accommodation in 2025, calculated from monthly figures. Its busiest month was October, with 1,317,739, and its quietest July, with 949,847. (HCP (quarterly bulletin), 2026)
  • In January to June 2026 Marrakech recorded 7,170,388 nights, up 10.3%, and April 2026 was its busiest month since at least January 2025, with 1,393,829. (HCP (quarterly bulletin), Oct 2026)
  • Agadir and Taghazout recorded about 8.14 million nights in 2025, peaking at 943,322 in August. (HCP (quarterly bulletin), 2026)
  • Casablanca recorded about 3.19 million nights and Tangier about 2.29 million in 2025. (HCP (quarterly bulletin), 2026)
  • Fes recorded about 1.68 million nights, with peaks in October (185,874) and April (169,225). (HCP (quarterly bulletin), 2026)
  • In January to June 2026 nights rose 11.3% in Agadir-Taghazout, 11.4% in Casablanca and 6.4% in Fes. (HCP (quarterly bulletin), Oct 2026)
  • Classified accommodation in Marrakech prefecture recorded 3,181,208 guest arrivals in 2024, 2,281,618 of them international, and guests stayed about 3.2 nights on average. (HCP (Marrakech-Safi yearbook), 2025)
  • Agadir guests stayed longest, about 4.7 nights on average in 2024, against about 2.0 nights in Casablanca and 1.9 in Fes. (HCP (statistical yearbook), Jun 2026)
  • Morocco's ticketed historic monuments recorded 2,166,318 entries in 2024, and Marrakech's five ticketed sites took 1,570,565 of them. (HCP (statistical yearbook), Jun 2026)
  • Monuments in Tanger-Assilah recorded 315,191 entries in 2024, and those in Meknes 193,657. (HCP (statistical yearbook), Jun 2026)

City totals for 2025 are our sums of the ministry's monthly figures, published by HCP, on the revised series; 2026 figures are provisional. Average stays are our calculation from the yearbooks, which use the older accommodation series, so they should not be set against the monthly figures. Monument entries cover sites run by the culture ministry with a ticket office; Fes and Rabat figures were not available, so the national total is too low.

How many hotel beds and riads does Morocco have?

Morocco had just over 300,000 beds in classified accommodation in 2025. Marrakech is the riad capital, where most establishments are small guesthouses, while Agadir's are large resort hotels.

  1. 1 Marrakech-Safi 96,294
  2. 2 Souss-Massa 50,832
  3. 3 Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima 35,650
  4. 4 Casablanca-Settat 32,975
  5. 5 Fes-Meknes 28,105
  6. 6 Rabat-Sale-Kenitra 12,183
Beds in classified accommodation by region in 2025, provisional. (HCP (Maroc en chiffres), Oct 2026)
  • Classified accommodation had 307,663 beds in 2025, up 3.1% from 298,400 in 2024. (HCP (Maroc en chiffres), Oct 2026)
  • Four-star hotels had the most beds, 54,334, followed by five-star hotels (40,657) and guesthouses (39,404). Beds in serviced residences fell 12.0%. (HCP (Maroc en chiffres), Oct 2026)
  • Four-star hotels also had the most nights, 8.97 million in 2025. Guesthouses, including riads, had 6.0 million, up 9.4%, and luxury hotels grew fastest, by 15.2% to 1.3 million. (HCP (Maroc en chiffres), Oct 2026)
  • The Marrakech-Safi region had 31% of all beds. Rabat-Sale-Kenitra had the fastest growth in beds, 8.0%. (HCP (Maroc en chiffres), Oct 2026)
  • At the end of 2024 Morocco had 5,003 classified establishments. Guesthouses were 2,534 of them but had only 38,171 beds. (HCP (statistical yearbook), Jun 2026)
  • Marrakech prefecture had 1,859 classified establishments with 74,080 beds and 35,443 rooms at the end of 2024; 1,565 of them, or 84%, were guesthouses. (HCP (Marrakech-Safi yearbook), 2025)
  • Marrakech had 28 five-star hotels with 12,368 beds and 40 four-star hotels with 11,375 beds. (HCP (Marrakech-Safi yearbook), 2025)
  • Agadir Ida-Outanane had 42,956 beds in 174 establishments, an average of 247 beds each, against about 40 in Marrakech. (HCP (statistical yearbook), Jun 2026)
  • Casablanca had 21,886 beds and 32 four-star hotels, the most of any prefecture. Tanger-Assilah had 17,982 beds, Fes 10,278 and Rabat 6,728. (HCP (statistical yearbook), Jun 2026)

2025 bed and category figures are provisional and come from the ministry's current series. Prefecture figures are for the end of 2024 from HCP yearbooks. Shares and averages are our calculations.

When is the best time to visit Morocco?

Spring and autumn are the most comfortable seasons in the inland cities, where July and August highs pass 35°C. The Atlantic coast stays mild all year. August is the busiest month, when Moroccans living abroad come home and residents take their holidays.

2.96m Jan 3.11m Feb 2.90m Mar 3.84m Apr 3.82m May 3.46m Jun 3.74m Jul 4.61m Aug 3.73m Sep 4.05m Oct 3.59m Nov 3.68m Dec
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Nights in Morocco's classified accommodation by month in 2025, with the peak in August.
PeriodValue
Jan2.96m
Feb3.11m
Mar2.90m
Apr3.84m
May3.82m
Jun3.46m
Jul3.74m
Aug4.61m
Sep3.73m
Oct4.05m
Nov3.59m
Dec3.68m
Nights in Morocco's classified accommodation by month in 2025, with the peak in August. (HCP (quarterly bulletin), 2026)
  • Marrakech averages a daily high of 37.7°C in July and 37.4°C in August, against 19.1°C in January. (WMO / DGM, 1991-2020)
  • Marrakech is mildest in spring, with highs of 23.6°C to 29.4°C from March to May, and in autumn, at 28.5°C in October and 23.1°C in November. Its rain peaks at 35.3mm in March. (WMO / DGM, 1991-2020)
  • Fes reaches 35.1°C in July and August and is most comfortable in May (26.4°C) and October (26.1°C). January brings 60.1mm of rain over 8 days. (WMO / DGM, 1991-2020)
  • Agadir's average high stays between 21.1°C in January and 27.0°C in August, and it gets only 0.2mm of rain in July. (WMO / DGM, 1991-2020)
  • Casablanca's average high ranges from 17.6°C in January to 26.7°C in August. (WMO / DGM, 1991-2020)
  • Tangier averages 29.7°C in August but is the wettest of the big tourist cities in late autumn, with 116.9mm of rain in November. (WMO / DGM, 1991-2020)
  • Ouarzazate, the gateway to the desert, averages 38.8°C in July and a low of 1.8°C on January nights, with under 17mm of rain in any month. (WMO / DGM, 1991-2020)
  • In July 2024 temperatures reached 47.6°C in Marrakech and 47.7°C in Beni Mellal. (DGM, Apr 2025)
  • Nights in classified accommodation peak in August: 4,610,459 in August 2025, 59% more than in March, the quietest month. (HCP (quarterly bulletin), 2026)
  • Visitors from abroad peak later: non-resident nights were highest in October 2025, at 3,074,226. (HCP (quarterly bulletin), 2026)
  • Tangier is the most seasonal big city: it recorded 329,556 nights in August 2025, 3.1 times its March total. (HCP (quarterly bulletin), 2026)
  • In July and August 2025, 4.6 million people arrived, 3.0 million of them Moroccans living abroad, about two thirds of the summer total. (Ministry of Tourism, Sep 2025)
  • August 2025 was the best month on record for travel receipts, at MAD 19.1 billion. (Ministry of Tourism, Sep 2025)

Climate figures are 1991-2020 averages from Morocco's national weather service (DGM), published through the WMO and measured at airport stations. The 2024 heat figures are from the weather service's annual climate report. Monthly nights are the ministry's revised figures as published by HCP; the 12 months sum slightly above the annual total after revision. The two-thirds share, the 59% and the Tangier ratio are our calculations.

What major football events is Morocco hosting?

Morocco hosted the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations and will co-host the 2030 FIFA World Cup with Spain and Portugal. The World Cup bid includes a new stadium that would be the largest in the world.

  1. 1 Prince Moulay Abdellah, Rabat 69,500
  2. 2 Grand Stade de Tanger 68,000
  3. 3 Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca 67,000
  4. 4 Grand Stade d'Agadir 45,480
  5. 5 Grand Stade de Marrakech 45,240
  6. 6 Complexe Sportif de Fes 45,000
Seats at the six largest 2025 Africa Cup of Nations venues, as listed by CAF. (CAF, Dec 2025)
  • The 2025 Africa Cup of Nations ran from 21 December 2025 to 18 January 2026 in 9 stadiums across 6 cities: Rabat, which had 4 venues, Casablanca, Agadir, Fes, Marrakech and Tangier. (CAF, Dec 2025)
  • The largest venue was the Prince Moulay Abdellah stadium in Rabat, listed by CAF at 69,500 seats, ahead of the Grand Stade de Tanger (68,000) and Stade Mohammed V in Casablanca (67,000). (CAF, Dec 2025)
  • Morocco has proposed 6 of the 20 stadiums for the 2030 World Cup; Spain has proposed 11 and Portugal 3. (FIFA, Nov 2024)
  • The joint bid scored 4.2 out of 5 in FIFA's evaluation, and five of Morocco's six proposed stadiums were to host the 2025 Cup of Nations. (FIFA, Nov 2024)
  • Grand Stade Hassan II, between Casablanca and Rabat, was due to start construction in 2024 and is scheduled for completion by the end of 2028. (FIFA, Nov 2024)

Stadium capacities are as CAF listed them; CAF also gives a lower figure for Prince Moulay Abdellah. The World Cup venue list is the bid proposal and may change, and the Grand Stade Hassan II capacity is a plan. No official count of Cup of Nations spectators or visitors has been published.

How is 2026 going, and what are Morocco's tourism targets?

Growth has slowed in 2026, but arrivals, nights and receipts are all still rising. Morocco beat its 2026 targets in 2025, a year early, and has set a higher goal for 2030.

MAD 64.3bn 2022 MAD 82.2bn 2023 MAD 88.6bn 2024 MAD 102.8bn 2025 MAD 115.3bn 2026
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Travel receipts in January to September of each year, 2022 to 2026, in billions of dirhams. 2026 is provisional.
PeriodValue
2022MAD 64.3bn
2023MAD 82.2bn
2024MAD 88.6bn
2025MAD 102.8bn
2026MAD 115.3bn
Travel receipts in January to September of each year, 2022 to 2026, in billions of dirhams. 2026 is provisional. (Office des Changes (monthly indicators), Oct 2026)
  • In the first quarter of 2026 Morocco recorded 4.3 million arrivals, up 7%, with almost 1.6 million in March alone. (Ministry of Tourism, Apr 2026)
  • UN Tourism put Morocco's first-quarter growth at more than three times the world average of 2%. (Ministry of Tourism, Jun 2026)
  • Arrivals to the end of May 2026 reached 7.7 million, the same rate of growth as in the first quarter, with 1.7 million in May. (Ministry of Tourism, Jun 2026)
  • By the end of September, arrivals were 5% higher than a year earlier. (Observatoire du Tourisme, Nov 2026)
  • Nights in classified accommodation reached 30.77 million in January to August 2026, up 8.2%, and 22.24 million of them were by international tourists, up 10.2%. (HCP (Repères statistiques), Oct 2026)
  • Travel receipts in the first quarter of 2026 were MAD 31 billion, up 24%. (Ministry of Tourism, May 2026)
  • Receipts reached MAD 115.3 billion in January to September 2026, up 12.1% on the same months of 2025, on provisional figures. (Office des Changes (monthly indicators), Oct 2026)
  • Moroccans spent MAD 27.0 billion travelling abroad in the same nine months, leaving a travel surplus of MAD 88.3 billion. (Office des Changes (monthly indicators), Oct 2026)
  • Travel receipts again beat remittances from Moroccans abroad, which were MAD 103.1 billion over the nine months. (Office des Changes (monthly indicators), Oct 2026)
  • The 2023-2026 roadmap also set targets of MAD 120 billion in foreign-currency receipts and a place among the world's top 15 destinations. (Ministry of Tourism (roadmap), 2023)
  • Its jobs target is 80,000 direct and 120,000 indirect jobs. (Head of Government, Jul 2023)
  • The roadmap was funded with MAD 6 billion, plus a MAD 2 billion emergency plan for the sector. (Ministry of Tourism, Oct 2025)
  • In June 2026 the tourism office's board reaffirmed the goal of 26 million tourists by 2030, which needs growth of about 5.6% a year from 2025. (Ministry of Tourism, Jul 2026)

2026 figures are provisional. Targets use the border-arrivals definition, which includes MRE. The 5.6% growth rate is our calculation.

Glossary

MRE
Marocains résidant à l'étranger: Moroccans resident abroad. They are counted in border arrivals and their spending in Morocco counts as travel receipts.
Border arrivals
Tourist arrivals counted at Morocco's air, land and sea border posts, including MRE.
Classified accommodation (EHTC)
Hotels, guesthouses, resorts and other establishments with an official classification. Unclassified rentals and stays with family are not counted.
Travel receipts
Money spent in Morocco by non-residents, including MRE, measured in the balance of payments.
Tourism satellite account
The national-accounts measure of tourism's direct contribution to GDP.
HCP
Haut-Commissariat au Plan, Morocco's official statistics body.
Office des Changes
The body that compiles Morocco's balance of payments and foreign trade figures.
ONMT
Office National Marocain du Tourisme, the national tourism promotion office.
ONDA
Office National des Aéroports, which runs Morocco's airports.
DGM
Direction Générale de la Météorologie, Morocco's national weather service.
MAD
The Moroccan dirham.
AFCON
The Africa Cup of Nations, the continental football championship run by CAF.

Methodology and sources

Figures come from Morocco's official producers: the Ministry of Tourism, Handicrafts and Social and Solidarity Economy for arrivals, nights and targets, with each ministry file labelled by dataset; the Office des Changes for travel receipts and the split between foreign tourists and Moroccans resident abroad; the High Commission for Planning (HCP) for the tourism satellite account, yearbooks, bulletins and airport traffic from ONDA; the national weather service, through the WMO, for climate; and CAF and FIFA for the tournaments. Each figure links to the document that carries it, with the date. Arrivals always include Moroccans resident abroad unless the text says foreign tourists, and market tables count people by country of residence. Overnight stays use the ministry's revised series from November 2025; the older series in the yearbook is lower, mostly because of guesthouses, and is never charted with it. Where we calculated a figure, such as a share, an average stay or a city total from monthly figures, the note says so. Provisional figures are labelled. The page is reviewed monthly and the date is shown at the top.