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Morocco Opens Borders For International Leisure Travellers

Tourism authorities in Morocco have announced that the country will reopen its doors to international flights on 7 February 2022.

Ksar of Ait-Ben-Haddou is a historic fortified village, Photo By shutterstock, Ivan Soto Cobos
Ksar of Ait-Ben-Haddou is a historic fortified village, Photo By shutterstock, Ivan Soto Cobos

Morocco is restarting its tourism sector by allowing the resumption of international flights from 7 Feb 2022. This resumption of tourism is for all nationalities.

The specific safety measures to be implemented at border crossings and airports has been defined, and they include fully vaccinated status, mask wearing, social distancing and temperature checks including a negative PCR test taken 48 hours prior to departure.

Following this announcement, Royal Air Maroc, Air France, British Airways, Ryanair, Binter, EasyJet, Transavia, TUI, Emirates and Air Arabia Maroc have all announced the scheduling of flights to Morocco.

The EasyJet program includes flights that seek to connect Morocco with France, the UK, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, among others.


“It is expected that air traffic at Marrakech-Menara International Airport will intensify in the coming weeks, while 16 flights are expected this Monday, between 1,500 and 2,000 passengers,” Chief of Operations Division at the Marrakech-Menara Airport Zakaria Harti told Moroccan state-owned television channel M24.

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© This article was first published online in Feb 2022 – World Travel Magazine.

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