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Oct 23 2009, Mohammed Taha

The Tourism Minister, Mohammed Boussaid, said to Morocco’s national TV channel that the number of tourists visiting Morocco has increased 5% in the year to September. The Minister said that tourism revenues also registered an increase 3% in...

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