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The outlook of the season in Morocco to become clear during May holidays

08:07, 28 февраля 2014

Thelast season in Morocco showed that the destination is quite relevant among Russian tourists. The tour operators are quite pleased with last year's tour sales and optimistic about the upcoming high season –that is from March to November. Egyptian problems are largely contributed to the growth of touristic Morocco, which became an available beachfront alternative for Russians.

 

Olga Metelkova, the senior manager of "Art Tour", says that during the last year for about 700 tourists were sent to Morocco, which is two times more than in 2012. This year, the company expects 30% growth; however, the real rate will be shown during May holidays. Ms. Metelkova notes a small sales growth for the season in May, but the competition is very high: during these days the tourism market is full of many attractive offers. "You can observe the depth of sales for a month and a half; there are some requests for August. Beaches, excursions and combined tours are of the same popularity ", - she says to RATA-news.

 

The company "Anex Tour" entered the Moroccan direction for the first time last year. Elena Zakharova, the PR- manager, says the output was successful: "Our charters that flew to Morocco twice per week, were filled with almost 100%, and this year we have increased the range by one third. We are planning to fly three times per week, starting from the April 29". According to the stock of preliminary booking, the company has already sold more than 30% of its volume for Morocco destination, in total with the local hoteliers, tour operator gives a discounts up to 40%. Prices for Moroccan resorts are slightly higher than, for example, in Turkey, and the flight to Agadir is longer, for about 6.5 hours. "The base of hotels in Agadir isn’t big and only 36 hotels work for the external market. We cooperate with 26 hotels"- explains Ms. Zakharova.

 

Margarita Lebedeva, the Head of the Department of Space Travel in Morocco also complimented for last season. And although the volumes remained at last year's level, companies are pleased with the progress of Moroccan direction. "This year, we have kept the special rates for regular flights of the national carrier Royal Air Maroc, especially for the luxury- tours, but we already are thinking about the possibility of charter flights introduction" - says Ms. Lebedeva . According to her words, the luxury segment becomes more and more relevant among Russians.

 

The forecast for Moroccan season seems favorable for holidays in May. The cost for the airplane tickets grew slightly, but hotels usually give good discounts, which allow keeping the package prices almost at the level of last year. "We also give increased commission according to the stock of preliminary booking" - adds Margarita Lebedeva. Since prices in Morocco are set in euros, she compared the current sales to February 2013 and it turned out that nowadays tours are sold even more than during the last year. Maybe the fluctuations of euro will affect the season in March, unless we get a good index of sales for the May holidays. If that happens, we will give the additional bonuses and discounts to stimulate our agencies".

 

The popularity of Morocco destination on the Russian market is confirmed by Roman Rudenko, the tourism director of "Tourtrans - Voyage". The company has not made ??formerly popular combined tour Spain - Morocco, however, the customers have not forgotten about it and the requests are received regularly". We decided to resume the customary program and are going to send 4-5 tour groups in spring and autumn", - said Mr. Rudenko.

 

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