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In recent years, with the increasingly close cooperation between China and Africa and the rapid development of China's tourism, the distant and mysterious African continent is becoming an emerging destination for young tourists.
Since Morocco announced the visa exemption for Chinese citizens in June 2016, the number of Chinese tourists to Morocco has risen rapidly, and the boom is not over yet.
Morocco has abundant tourism resources, with long Atlantic and Mediterranean coastline, deserts, snow-capped mountains, ancient cities and other exotic attractions.
According to Moroccan National Tourism Office's representative bureau in China, the number of tourists visiting China in 2017 was nearly 120,000. But in the first five months this year, the number of Chinese tourists already reached 100,000.
Before the visa exemption for Chinese citizens, the number of Chinese restaurants in Morocco was no more than five. At present, the number has risen to more than 20.
Tourism is one of the pillar industries of Morocco. The Moroccan government hopes to make Morocco the top 20 tourist destinations in the world by 2020, and has taken steps to attract Chinese tourists.
At the China-Morocco Tourism Forum held in Casablanca in February this year, Moroccan Minister of Tourism, Air Transport, Handicrafts and Social Economy Mohammed Sajid announced the ambitious target of attracting 500,000 Chinese tourists every year by 2020.
Morocco attaches great importance to the tourism cooperation between the two countries and will continue to improve the supporting facilities and services such as hotels and transportation, and open direct flights between the two countries, said Sajid.
