Tourism conferences and festivals in Morocco

Conferences and festivals .. are the most important types of tourism attaches Morocco considerable interest in this period to activate the tourism market that has not seen over the past years a remarkable increase in the number of tourists, despite the passage of more than 4 years on the plan announced by the authorities in order to bring more than 10 million tourists by the year 2010.
In the past three years has become held annually dozens of local and international conferences formal and informal in many cities in Morocco, in order to emphasize the role of Morocco as a front in the key tourist area of ​​North Africa and the Arab world.
And increased over the recent years the number of hotels that specialty conference rooms for guests, no longer limited to these halls star hotels as it was in the past; but the modern hotels of three star became comprises lecture halls equipped with the latest technology for meetings and conferences.
There are also hotels ties permanent contact with the translator institutes in the country; in order to provide interpreters at conferences held by, and which vary axes to include the areas of political, religious, economic, cultural, artistic and sports, among others.
According to statistics from the Ministry of Tourism of Morocco, the number of tourists in the Moroccan Kingdom rose by 18% in 2004 compared to 2003, to up to 5 million tourists, after a relative decline in 2003 against the backdrop of the Casablanca bombings. This remains a figure less than the nearby countries of Morocco, such as Tunisia (six million tourists), and Spain (50 million tourists).
And occupied the cities of Marrakesh and Agadir ranked first and second in terms of the number of tourists who visited them.
Festivals and other quality-oriented
In addition to tourism conferences organized in all the cities and villages of the country dozens of festivals every year, especially in the summer period.
The reporter says, "IOL" in Rabat: The government is keen to host the largest number of festivals to promote tourism to make it hosts sometimes festivals controversial, was among them music festival hosted by the region of Marrakech early May 2005, in collaboration with the Association convoy friendship of America, and display where what is known as the music of "Christian rock" (religious songs).
The festival has raised protests among Islamic and church in Morocco, she saw that it concerns the goals of "Christianizing" by the American evangelical movement, which is known for its association with the Assembly, which was denied by official sources Moroccan.
However, the other music festivals succeeded in attracting a large number of tourists, including Gnawa music festival in Essaouira, Rabat and Festival, and Festival engagement in M'gouna. There are also festivals are held for a specific category of tourists, including: Fez Festival (northern Morocco) for Music, which aims mainly Spanish tourists.
In a statement to "Islam Online" says Mohamed Kabbaj, the counselor of King Mohammed VI, the head of the Fez Festival (northern Morocco) for Mosiky-: The Fez Festival witnessed in the last session of last year's extensive participation of orchestras Spanish, and the objective was to make more Spaniards are paying Morocco towards their destination, especially because they currently occupy third place after the French and German tourists.