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Marrakech makes around 30 per cent of its GDP from tourism and is ranked second (just behind Cancun in Mexico) as a favourite destination for Americans. Last year some 1.2 million tourists arrived through the Menara Airport between January and
July alone and accommodation establishments recorded 4.7 billion over night stays. Tere are over 76,000 beds registered in Marrakech. In 2017 the King Mohammed VI launched a construction and restoration project to preserve the cultural aspects of the medina in Marrakech. Similar projects have taken place in other city centres.
Day. It is possible for punters to bet on both Moroccan and French races. Te site has a fully computerised system with more than 30 betting locations and 500 partner cafes across the country.
Last year betting turnover for the horse racing sector amounted to MAD6.4bn (a rise of three per cent) giving it a 70 per cent market share (not including casinos).
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Casablanca – Created in 1912 this racetrack is 20 hectares in size with a 1,700m track and capacity for 700 spectators and holds 44 meets a year. Tere is also a golf course, country club, restaurant and swimming pool.
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Rabat – Created in 1920 this site is 54 hectares in size with a capacity of 2,000 spectators and around 44 meets per year.
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El Jadida – Opened in 1920 this site is 18 hectares and has the capacity for 1,000 spectators and holds 37 meets per year.
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Settat – Opened in 1986 it is 40 hectares in size with two tracks of 1km and 758m. Tere are 29 meets per year and the site also has a
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Meknes - Opened in 2004 the site is 44 hectares and has the capacity for 1,000 spectators. Tere are 30 meets per year.
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Khemisset – Opened in 2009. Tis has a 1,500m track and capacity for 2,000 visitors with 33 meets per year.
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Marrakech – the final and most recent track in Marrakech opened in May 2017. Te track is 1,430m and built on 34 hectares of land in the Saada Commune. Te new opening is part of a plan to open three new international standard racetracks in Morocco of which Marrakech is the first. Another two are due to open in the next few years.
CASINOS Tere are seven casinos across four cities in
Morocco. Tere are three casinos in Agadir, two in Marrakech, one in Tangier and one in El Jadida.
Te first casino, Casino de Marrakech, was opened in 1952 when Morocco was still under French control. When Morocco gained its independence in 1956 other casinos began to open and since the decree of the Prime Minister
in 2002 they have been operating legally.
Poker is hugely popular in Morocco and Marrakech is fast becoming a poker capital and Casino de Marrakech is a venue for many tournaments.
MARRAKECH
Marrakech is known as the Pearl of the South and the city is a delightful onslaught of all the senses from the vivid colours of dyed wool, to the sound of the 50,000 mopeds zooming around the streets to the smell of the spices overflowing in sacks outside market shops and stalls.
Marrakech makes around 30 per cent of its GDP from tourism and is ranked second (just behind Cancun in Mexico) as a favourite destination for Americans. Last year some 1.2 million tourists arrived through the Menara Airport between January and July alone and accommodation establishments recorded 4.7 billion over night stays. Tere are over 76,000 beds registered in Marrakech.
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