Economic factors
Morocco’s top three sources of income are the mining of phosphates, the transfer of money from nationals living abroad back to their relatives and other key industries include food processing, leather, textiles and fishing.  More key now is their Tourism as this is very much becoming a huge industry which will potentially overtake in the coming years. Being endowed with important natural assets as well as a rich and varied cultural heritage, Morocco has opted for the promotion of the tourist sector, putting in place a strategy of tourism development which is likely to trigger a sustainable and integrated development boom.

Property market
Property prices are at a very competitive level compared to the ever popular Costa Del Sol only 20 minutes boat ride across the water, with prices being 30% to 50% cheaper compared to comparable properties.

In conjunction with Vision 2010, the Moroccan government has also announced the ambitious Plan Azur.  The key elements are:
- The creation and development of 6 new generation state-of-the-art coastal resorts “5 on the Atlantic Coast and 1 on the Mediterranean Coast”.
- New Motorways to be built or upgraded
- New Regional Airports to be either built or upgraded
- Increase and de-regulate incoming flights from all over Europe with the introduction of an Open Skies policy, EasyJet and RyanAir now already flying into Morocco on various routes
- New marinas and ports and high-speed trains to be implemented
- Investigate and possibly implement the construction of a tunnel linking Spain and Morocco under the Straits of Gibraltar.
- It is widely predicted that the costal & selected inland property market in Morocco is set to boom. UK tourism has increased by some 18% between 2006 and 2007 alone.