Morocco’s key tourism sector barely grew last year amid security challenges, but operators are hoping Chinese and Russian visitors will boost their fortunes in the coming years. While political turmoil and jihadist attacks have battered the sector in Egypt and Tunisia, Morocco registered 10 million visitors last year, according to the Moroccan Tourism Observatory.
Category: Casablanca, Morocco
Africa’s First High-Speed Trains Are Coming to Morocco in 2018
Move over, Japan: Next year, Africa will debut its first high-speed train, in Morocco. Testing has begun on the French-made double-decker train cars that will reach speeds of 200 mph, to Casablanca and cut travel time more than in half.