1. 458 Million Dirhams for the Implementation of Oued Nekor-Kassita Tranche: "Taza-Al Hoceïma expressway project will improve the flow of traffic in the region and will have a positive impact on both tourism and economy of the region. The last section of Taza-Al Hoceïma expressway linking Oued Nekor and Kassita which extends over 18 km mobilizes an amount of 458 million dirhams. This part of the project, whose work began last June, mobilized a budget of 358 million dirhams in addition to the construction of a viaduct with a length of 244 m and more than 60 m of height with an amount of 100 million dirhams, affirmed the provincial director of equipment, transport and logistics, Khalid Mziguel."
2. Label'Vie Has the Green Light from AMMC for Its Capital Increase: "Label'Vie, the group headed by Zouhair Bennani, is launching the capital increase procedure announced at the beginning of the year. The operation is estimated at 400 million dirhams. The Moroccan Capital Market Authority (AMMC) announced in a press release that it had sought an information memorandum relating to the capital increase of Label'Vie. The specialist of the large distribution starts a procedure announced since the beginning of the year."
3. The Construction of the Dam at M'dez, Carried out at a Rate of 30%: "According to the Secretary of State for Water, Charafat Afailal, the realization of this infrastructure will have important socio-economic benefits through job creation, improved skills of the local workforce, and the development of ecotourism thanks to the operation of the dam reservoir."
4. Over 111 Billion Dirhams of Trade Deficit at the End of July: "They showed the same variation in the seventh month of the year. Imports and exports rose to 7% each. However, the trade balance is still in favor of purchases which consolidated from 16.5 billion dirhams at the end of July against an increase of 9.3 billion dirhams of exports. These breakdowns have contributed to the deterioration of the trade deficit by nearly 7.2 billion dirhams. Thus, the gap widened further to reach, at the end of July, the 111.03 billion dirhams against 103.85 billion dirhams observed in the same period of the previous year."
5. 13% Increase in Tourist Overnight Stays: "Tourist overnight stays in the classified accommodation establishments of Meknes city increased by 13% at the end of June 2017 compared with the same period of the previous year. According to the National Tourism Observatory, some 107,248 overnight stays were registered during the first six months of the current year, compared with 95,331 overnight stays during the same period of 2016. The average length of stay at the end of June was 1.5 days, compared to 1.6 days during the same period of 2016, specifies the same source."
Crédit : IMPERIUM MEDIA