Tourism showed slight positive increase in 2011

Tourism industry showed “slight increase” in 2011, according to the managing director of the Moroccan National Office of Tourism (ONMT) Abdelhamid Addou, amid the economic crisis that hits the world.

Addou said the number of arrivals were 2% higher year on year.

“It is a good result compared with competing countries,” notably Egypt and Tunisia, although it is also “frustrating” compared with the expectations, Abdou told Moroccan French-speaking newspaper “L’Economiste.”

“The year 2012 will surely be very difficult,” added Addou who stressed the need to “increase efforts” in order to overcome this situation, while boosting communication campaigns.