This month of February has been unusually mild in Fez. Sun settles with insurance, temperatures climb a little more each day. A
Souafine breakfasts can finally take on the terrace most mornings after 9am because still a bit chilly.
The tourist is in decline compared to last year. The reasons are multiple: economic collapse in Spain broke the trend in arrivals from that country, tensions and crises in the Arab world have discouraged American and more generally Anglo-Saxon. The Italians, with the opening of low cost flights started coming in numbers are more cautious in the beginning of this year.
The French are more present and therefore continue to come, often for the first time in Morocco. But there was no massive transfer of operators to Tunisia or Egypt to Morocco whose stays are significantly more expensive than these countries formatted for mass tourism.
French is it more adventurous than others?
No but he has a better knowledge of cultural and social differences between the Maghreb countries, he knows that Morocco is not like Algeria or Tunisia and Libya.
addition the French have a long history of events, almost daily in Paris with its share of thugs, and it is not that which may frighten them.
Indeed if we analyze what just happened with our neighbors, not a single foreign has been targeted during the events or tourist or expatriate was not a victim. While in Libya
it is better to be cautious because the madness of its leader will spare no one.
How reacted the hotel industry in Fez point about this situation?
Many institutions, hotels or riads, make special offers at the moment, especially for stays of several nights. No quality establishment is selling off its rates for service quality would suffer greatly and would hurt the image of the destination. Besides the high season arrives for the month of March and especially from of April the level of existing reservations reassures the attractiveness of the city of Fez.
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