No travel restrictions to Morocco from USA, UK, France and other countries in nov 2022
There are no current travel restrictions to Morocco and Morocco is open to tourism
Here you have how to enter Morocco and the travel restrictions if you are considering traveling to Morocco from the USA, Canada, United Kingdom or Europe (or any other country) for your next holidays.
This post is a compilation of information and links to official sites to update you at any moment. We hope you will find it useful.
Can I travel to Morocco from the USA, Canada, UK or any other country? Is Morocco open for tourists now?
The answer is an absolute yes, Morocco is open for tourism. Morocco has been gradually resuming international flights from february 7th and eased all restrictions from september 2022.
Just some previous considerations
Please, keep in mind that a recent change may not be up to date in every website. Try always to check as many different sources as possible. If you travel with us, we will inform you.
Also remember to check it again immediately before your trip in case there are last minute changes. It may not be the same situation when you book the flight, as on your departure date, although we think it will not change again for a while.
Check the legislation of your country in relation to travel and covid, to know if your trip is allowed at the origin, or necessary requirements on the return.
Travel restrictions to Morocco: What do I need to know?
However, there are some things to take into account when considering to travel to Morocco.
Here are the travel restrictions to Morocco and requirements that you have to accomplish to enter to Morocco:
1. Completed vaccination certificate OR PCR
Morocco has no more requirements of Vaccination or PCR test to enter in Morocco.
Non vaccinated people can enter in Morocco without a negative result of PCR test.
Vaccinated people will no longer have to show a vaccination certificate or European Covid Passport.
Read the source of these procedures at Morocco Sanity Ministry or in the ONDA site we indicate below.
2. Health Passenger Form
All passengers must fill, print and present upon arrival the following Public Health Passenger Form. (http://www.onda.ma/en/I-am-passenger/Traveller-Guide/Public-health-passenger-form)
3. Passport
Remember you can only be 90 days in Morocco as a tourist, and you need a passport validity of 6 months.
More detailed information
The link of the official website of Tourism in Morocco has a lot of information on the above requirements and the situation in the country, as well as useful numbers during your stay: https://www.visitmorocco.com/en/travel-info/covid-19-travel-safely-to-morocco
Check always official sources as your embassy, here the US https://ma.usembassy.gov/covid-19-information/ and Moroccan embassy and consulates.
Another way to reassure you of the required measures is in this link: https://www.iatatravelcentre.com/world.php
Travel to Morocco from USA
Royal Air Maroc has resumed its flights progressive from february 2022.
You might know that Royal air maroc and American airlines used to sell a direct flight from John F. Kennedy international airport (JFK) . It takes about 6 h 50 min to International airport Mohammed V (CMN) from it.
There were flights from Washington and Montreal, and also with a scale in Madrid, operated by Air Europa. (Check the requirements of Spain if your scale takes a long time).
Morocco has this point of exoticism and intensity of experience that you are probably looking, acting as a far destination but at close distances.
Remember some airlines still requires face masks and while in the airports also it camn be required: Social distancing, face mask and hygiene and have your documents prepared for the sanitary control requirements.
How can US citizens travel to Morocco? Direct flights to Casablanca from USA and Canada
There have been special offer flights of Royal Air Maroc to travel to Morocco from USA Washington, New York, and Montreal at 500-600 euros, to travel in summer 2021.
Casablanca airport is one of the seven moroccan international airports that ONDA (Morocco’s National Airports office) has certified for sanitary procedures in the ACI (Airports council international ) ACI Airport Health Accreditation Programme joining a list of more than 600 airports in the world that have prioritized health and safety as their path to recovery. You can find them in the following map.
In this link you will find the measures taken and also the vaccines list accepted http://www.onda.ma/en/I-am-passenger/Traveller-Guide/Coronavirus-discover-our-measures
Sanitary situation of Morocco
Is it safe to travel to morocco at the moment?
With 1.265.601 total cases upon 31/10/2022 and an ongoing vaccination campaign of 24,9 million vaccinated people and more than 6,4 million with the 3rd dose at the same date,Morocco is starting with the 4thdose in aged people. Before, Morocco has been cataloged in several lists of countries of low risk to travel before the Omicron wave, which had decreased.
If you want to know more detail on the covid sanitary situation in Morocco, you can check this link: http://www.covidmaroc.ma/pages/Accueilfr.aspx
In the big cities like Marrakech, Casablanca, Tangier or Fes, there are available laboratories to do PCR in 24h in case you need it. Price less than 700 dirhams.
What you can do and other measures in the country
The health emergency state has been renewed, and it will probably be renewed to assure the sanitary safety of the country.
- Wearing a mask is no more mandatory, as social distancing and washing hands are required, in every public space and inside common areas.
- Hotels and accomodation facilities are open and also museums and cultural sites, as well as restaurants, cafés and beaches, among others. Each activity as does also the transport follows covid safety procedures.
- The requirements while in Morocco are no more need to show your Vaccination pass or certificate to enter in all those public places.
- There is no curfew (before it was from 11 PM to 6:30 AM, not applicable to moroccan vaccinated people).
- Also there have been in the past eventual restrictions to move intercities depending on the health situation, but not in 2022.
Nowadays, you will have plenty of activities to do, the camel ride in the desert or a balloon ride in Marrakech, quad or buggy rides in several places, play golf, go to a spa or hammam, do a cooking class or learn the ceramic technique of zelighes, among others. Just ask us to add it to your trip.
Is Morocco open for tourism now ? You already know that YES
We hope you and your beloved ones have been well through these covid difficult times and everything is quite ok now.
As it seems finally we have gone out of it, a vacation in Morocco may be an excellent opportunity to restart and have very good days with your friends or family.
So, we hope this post about the travel restrictions and requirements to Morocco will help you to make it possible, either to travel to Morocco from USA, United Kingdom or any other part of the world.
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PS 2. Please spread the word, if any of your acquaintances would like to travel to Morocco, we would be grateful to send our contact to them.
Note: This article is made as an aid orientation to the traveler. It is the traveler’s responsibility to verify everything at the current moment, official information at the origin and destination for safe travel.