Air visitors in Morocco fall by 71.48% in 2020 in comparison with the last yr as per the data from the National Airports Office (ONDA). In 2020, Moroccan airports received over seven million travelers, in comparison with 2019, when Morocco’s airports welcomed 25 million individuals.
The most well-liked airport in Morocco was the Mohammed V airport, which received nearly half of the nation’s whole passenger visitors. Over three million individuals passed via the airport in 2020, a steep decline in comparison with 2019 when over 10 million individuals used the airport.
The same pattern was noticed in different popular airports, for example, the Marrakech Menara airport, which confirmed a decline of 87.83%, receiving 63,891 passengers in December 2020, in comparison with 525,179 passengers the yr earlier than
Most airports all through Morocco noticed a droop of roughly 70% when in comparison with the earlier yr. Among the many few notable exceptions have been the local airport of Benslimane, which noticed visitors almost double in 2020, and the airports in Laayoune and Dakhla which each only skilled a 50% lower in visitors.
An interesting comparison may be found within the reduction in overseas and domestic travel. Whereas December 2020 noticed 505,026 overseas passengers travel via Morocco, in December of 2019, 1.8 million individuals passed via, a decrease of 71,84%.
Domestic journey nonetheless fell less, from 2019’s 245,565 passengers to 117,908 in December 2020.
The decrease of almost 52% in domestic flights, in comparison with the steeper decrease in overseas flights, may point to the possible success of various initiatives promoting domestic journeys.
The ONDA report additionally noted that this decline has affected all markets, pointing to Europe, which whereas accounting for 67% of global air visitors, recorded a decline of 70.47%.
