Morocco has moved up 12 places from the previous ranking of the safest countries in the world. It is now in 8th position according to the British magazine Which? Travel. It is also the 1st safest country in Africa and 2nd in the MENA region, behind the United Arab Emirates.
Which Magazine Which? Travel, which conducted this study, based its ranking on 3 criteria: crime rate, terrorist threat and risk of natural disasters. To do so, it compiled data published by the following organizations:
- the World Economic Forum to measure the crime rate
- the World Risk Report for natural disasters
- the UK National Health Agency, which produces an annual global epidemiological assessment and also publishes a ranking of better health systems.
Overall, Morocco has less crime and less risk of terrorism than most European and American countries, thanks in particular to the widely praised effectiveness of its special services and security forces. The Kingdom can also claim contained crime and low natural and health risks.
The full ranking of Which? Travel :
1. Iceland
2. United Arab Emirates
3. Singapore
4. Spain
5. Australia
6. Canada
7. Japan
8. Morocco
9. Jordan
10. Barbados
11. Greece
12. Vietnam
13. France
14. Italy
15. United States
16. Mexico
17. India
18. Thailand
19. Turkey
20. South Africa
Friend traveller of the whole world, Morocco and Marrakech, its tourist capital, are each year more and more like Eldorado. Add to that the sun 340 days a year, a real change of scenery less than 3 hours from the major European cities and the incredible hospitality of its population and everyone will understand the impressive tourist development that the Kingdom has experienced in recent years.
Welcome to Marrakech!
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