Tourism and air traffic in Morocco before the pandemic.
The policy considered by Morocco and its strategy in the tourism sector: Indeed, air traffic at Morocco’s airports recorded an increase of 11.18% in 2019 to reach a record 25,059,840 passengers.
This growth was also recorded at the level of international traffic which exceeded 22 million passengers with an increase of 9.80%, according to data published by the National Airports Office (ONDA).
With 17,464,911 passengers welcomed in 2019, air traffic with Europe, which represents more than 79% of international air traffic, recorded sustained growth of 10.82%.
This growth also concerns the segments of North America, the Maghreb countries, the Middle and Far East and Africa with respective growth rates of + 16.89%, + 6.78%, +4, 42% and + 4.29%.
Over the same period, Mohammed V airport, which accounts for more than 41% of global air traffic, handled 10,306,293 passengers with an increase of around 5.88%. Growth was particularly strong for the airports of Dakhla (+ 26.73%), Marrakech (+ 21.13%) and Tangier (+ 20.07%).
In addition, aircraft movements recorded at Moroccan airports increased by 10.84% to 210,419 movements. Commercial aircraft traffic over Moroccan airspace saw a slight decrease of 0.6% and attained 236,454 aircraft movements.
Air freight, however, experienced sustained growth in 2019 compared to 2018 (+ 8.89%) to reach 96,074.91 tons against 88,230.70 tons in 2018.
Source : medias2
