The Moroccan EconomyThe stations of Mogador (Essaouira), Lixus (Larache), Mazagan (El Jadida), Saidia, Taghazout (Agadir) and Plage Blanche (Guelmim), which were all sold to developers, will require a total investment of 50 billion dirhams , which will generate 35,000 direct and 175,000 indirect jobs. This shows the importance of this large-scale that would be realized on an estate of about 3,000 ha land. On field, work is progressing and the first beds of the Azur Plan will be delivered in the current year on the resort of Saidia (713 ha) which will open its first hotel with a capacity of about 5,000 beds , a golf course, marina and shopping area. The proposed station Saidia, a total cost of 12 billion dirhams, allows the creation of 8,000 direct and 40,000 indirect jobs. Other stations will open their first hotel units in 2009 with the exception of that of the white beach which will open its first hotel in 2012. Built on 615 acres, the resort of Taghazout, with a total capacity of 21,000 beds, will require an investment of 20 billion dirhams and will create 8,000 direct and 40,000 indirect jobs. those of Mazagan (504 ha) and Mogador, their respective capacities amounted to 7576 beds for an investment of 6.3 billion dirhams and 10,600 beds to 5.6 billion dirhams. The other two stations Lixus and White Beach will be conducted on 461 ha and 632 ha. In addition to the Plan Azur, Morocco has launched other projects to develop tourist areas. There are those of Aguedal in Marrakech and Tangier Ghandouri, whose development is provided by the Caisse de Dépôt et de Gestion (CDG). These projects are at an advanced stage, the development of the area of Aguedal is completed, the marketing of lots serviced by CDG, is almost completed and construction of some hotel units were started, while the servicing of Ghandouri area was initiated and the awarding prizes operation is currently underway. Along with the creation of zones and tourist resorts, a new generation, the Department of Tourism has also launched other initiatives, especially in the field of training, promotion, open skies aviation agreement with the improvement and existing destinations such as Fez, Casablanca, Agadir, Tangier, Tetouan, etc.. This site requires affirmative programs of regional development and tourism (PDRT), which define the objectives for each tourist destination (nights, arrivals, capacity, customer focus, etc..) Requirements of public investment policy and private and necessary human resources required to implement this program.
In the context of all this proactive and ambitious as His Majesty King Mohammed VI, Marrakech on Thursday, the start of the planning and development of several major tourism projects, an investment Overall nearly 30 billion DH, and inquired about the other projects in the same sector. The benefits of this dynamism, which is from the focus given by the Sovereign to the tourism sector, are beginning to be felt. Morocco has in fact received in 2007 some 7.45 million tourists, up 13% over 2006, generating some 59 billion dirhams in revenue (12%). The same upward trend was registered at the level of tourist accommodation establishments classified in the Kingdom, which reached 16.9 million in 2007, a figure up 3% from the year 2006. Tourism receipts have exceeded, for the first time, remittances from Moroccans living abroad (about 55 billion in 2007), with whom they are an important part of the balance of payments, providing an entry in Moroccan currency material that enables it to cope with the chronic deficit that affects the trade balance.
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