Tourist arrivals to Morocco up 10 pct in Jan.-Nov.

RABAT, Jan. 9 (Xinhua) -- A total of 10.5 million tourists visited Morocco between January and November 2017, up 10 percent compared to a year earlier, according to the statistics released by Morocco's Tourism Ministry on Tuesday.

International tourist arrivals jumped 15 percent, while Moroccans living abroad visiting their homeland rose 5 percent, the ministry said.

Arrivals from the traditional European markets showed an increase of 15 percent in German tourists, 9 percent in Dutch and Italian tourists and 7 percent in French tourists.

The increase was also driven by the surge in the emerging tourist markets, especially China and Brazil. Chinese arrivals jumped 173 percent, while Brazilian visitors rose 57 percent.

A total of 10.3 million tourists visited Morocco in 2016, up 1.5 percent from 2015.

After the results of the first eleven months, Morocco is on track to achieve its goal of reaching at least 6 percent growth in tourist arrival in 2017. Enditem