The Fez-Meknes region is home to more than 40 historic sites – including three UNESCO World Heritage sites – and tourism is an important driver of growth.
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Articles & Analysis | Tourism in Fez-Meknes grows on the strength of religious and wellness visitors from The Report: Morocco 2019
Articles & Analysis | Farm modernisation in Fez-Meknes boosts output levels and displaced labour from The Report: Morocco 2019
Agriculture is the most important economic sector by contribution to GDP for both Morocco as a whole and for the Fez-Meknes region, where farming represents half of economic activity by value. The region boasts a variety of agricultural resources, including a large head of livestock, a diverse crop base and 1.34m ha of arable land, 14% of...
Articles & Analysis | Reforms to Morocco's regulatory framework and the public-private partnership bill to improve project development from The Report: Morocco 2019
With a dynamic local building materials segment bolstered by various upcoming projects, Morocco has the potential to develop a thriving construction sector. According to the Ministry of National Planning, Urban Planning, Housing and Urban Policy, the construction sector accounts for 6.3% of GDP. Sector growth is principally influenced by...
Interviews & Viewpoints | Karim Beqqali, CEO, Yamed Capital: Interview from The Report: Morocco 2019
Articles & Analysis | China’s implementation of a new trade network is energising the global construction industry from The Report: Morocco 2019
From 206 BCE to 220 AD, China’s Han dynasty fostered a booming trade industry for silk, a precious commodity in high demand among the elites of the Mediterranean. The Silk Road was the moniker given to the network of trade routes connecting the East and West at the time. Later, spices and other precious cargo would be traded using the system,...
Articles & Analysis | Social housing programme and foreign investment to boost Morocco's residential real estate market from The Report: Morocco 2019
In the 2008-15 period the real estate sector received the largest share of foreign direct investment (FDI), with 25.4% of total inflows in Morocco. Of these, about 40% came from countries in the Gulf. Foreign investment in real estate projects continued, with a number of announcements made in 2018. For example, in May 2018 Kuwait-based Alargan...