Tourist receipts exceeded their pre-crisis level of 15.9% at the end of 2022, after a drop of 56.4% a year earlier, according to the Financial Studies and Forecasts Department (DEPF). Indeed, the growth of tourist receipts compared to the achievements of 2019, continued to consolidate, from quarter to quarter, reaching …
Read More »Morocco nominated for the Laureus World Sports Awards
Morocco national football team nominated for Global Breakthrough of the Year at the 2023 Laureus World Sports Awards. “At the 2022 FIFA World Cup, Morocco national team played stunning football to become the first African team to reach the semi-finals”, explain the organizers of this award. The Atlas Lions thus …
Read More »Henley Passport Index: Morocco in 80th place with 65 visa-free destinations
According to the recent ranking established by the British firm Henley & Partners, the Moroccan passport is positioned 80th in the world, offering its holders the possibility of traveling to 65 countries. The Moroccan passport was awarded 80th place out of 199 countries, in the Passport Index Q1 ranking of …
Read More »The World Bank predicts 3.5% growth in Morocco in 2023
After its strong recovery in 2021, the Moroccan economy is now facing many challenges such as the effects of the slowdown in the world economy, the severe drought suffered in 2022 and the significant consequences for the current financial year, the repercussions of the international geopolitical context and the growing …
Read More »Global Firepower Index: Morocco 61st in the 2023 ranking
The American center Global Firepower published, a few days ago, its 2023 ranking of the armies of the world, based on fifty sub-indexes, in which Morocco is ranked 61st out of 145 countries. Although it fell 6 ranks, the Moroccan army remains ranked 7th in Africa and the MENA region. …
Read More »IFFHS: Walid Regragui 3rd best national coach in the world
Author of an exceptional season, the coach of the Morocco team Walid Regragui has given himself a place of choice among his peers on the occasion of the rankings of the International Federation of Football History and Statistics (IFFHS). for the title of the year 2022. First African and Arab …
Read More »Morocco, 3rd best destination in the world for foreign direct investment
Morocco is one of the countries that receive the most foreign direct investment (FDI) in the world, positioning itself in third place in a ranking dominated by Qatar and India, according to the IMF. In a report on FDI for the year 2023 published by the Times, the kingdom is …
Read More »FIFA: Morocco 1st in Africa, 11th in the world ranking
After their historic performance in the World Cup, the national team climbed up the FIFA men’s world football rankings, occupying the 11th place. Walid Regragui’s men are currently establishing themselves as leaders in Arab and African football. The Atlas Lions now total 1672.35 points (1563.5 pts previously) in the ranking …
Read More »The Israeli company NewMed Energy will look for gas in southern Morocco
The Israeli company NewMed Energy announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding for the exploration and production of offshore natural gas located off Boujdour, on the South Atlantic coast. The document signed with the Ministry of Energy and Mines and the Moroccan company Adarco concerns a gas field extended …
Read More »Morocco ranks 7th in the CCPI among the 10 best performing countries
While it was ranked 8th in the 2022 edition, Morocco ranked seventh in the world in the 2023 edition of the prestigious ranking of Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI), to position itself among the 10 best performing countries. Published annually since 2005, the Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI) is an …
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