Morocco Eyes $4 Billion Hotel Boom for 2030 FIFA World Cup

Morocco, already Africa’s top tourism destination, is counting on a $4 billion investment drive to increase hotel capacity by a fifth before it co-hosts the men’s football World Cup at the end of the decade.

The bid to add 25,000 hotel rooms represents “one of the most significant expansions ever undertaken in the kingdom, both in terms of its scale and its pace,” said Imad Barrakad, head of the Moroccan tourism development agency SMIT.