{"id":12150,"date":"2023-12-19T09:12:42","date_gmt":"2023-12-19T09:12:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/?p=12150"},"modified":"2024-12-03T12:52:46","modified_gmt":"2024-12-03T12:52:46","slug":"smit-moroccan-agency-for-tourism-development-best-tourism-investment-promotion-team-north-africa-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/africa\/2023\/smit-moroccan-agency-for-tourism-development-best-tourism-investment-promotion-team-north-africa-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"SMIT Moroccan Agency for Tourism Development: Best Tourism Investment Promotion Team North Africa 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-12151 size-full\" title=\"SMIT Moroccan Agency For Tourism Development\" src=\"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/SMITMoroccanAgencyForTourismDevelopment-jpg.webp\" alt=\"SMIT Moroccan Agency For Tourism Development\" width=\"450\" height=\"140\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_12159\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12159\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12159\" src=\"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/CEOImadBarrakad-jpg.webp\" alt=\"Moroccan Agency For Tourism Development CEO Imad Barrakad\" width=\"300\" height=\"431\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/CEOImadBarrakad-jpg.webp 300w, https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/CEOImadBarrakad-209x300.webp 209w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-12159\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">CEO Imad Barrakad<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Moroccan Agency for Tourism Development (SMIT) counts its people among its most valued resources. The agency has established a work culture where talents are nurtured and human potential maximised. SMIT has a multidisciplinary team with backgrounds in engineering, architecture, communications and financial markets. The investment promotion team provides high-touch, concierge-style support for private and public investors. It offers detailed analyses concerning a project\u2019s feasibility, development and profitability. SMIT shares insights and information to help investors better understand Morocco\u2019s tourism industry and make the most of its competitive positioning. Tourism accounts for 7.1 percent of the country&#8217;s GDP \u2014 and SMIT is striving to attract more visitors and investors. It capitalises on a network of international partners to position <a href=\"https:\/\/cfi.co\/countries\/morocco\/\">Morocco<\/a> as a prime destination for tourism investment and development. It helps SMEs and entrepreneurs connect with the funding to finance tourism projects and helps investors find promising projects to back. SMIT is headquartered in Rabat with additional offices in Tangier and Agadir. The agency encourages continuous learning among its workforce and organises training courses for new recruits and ongoing skills development. SMIT hopes to stimulate professional growth throughout the workforce via a mobility programme offering dynamic career development prospects and a dedicated manager to guide employees\u2019 journey. The agency is governed by a value system rooted in transparency, teamwork, innovation and excellence. The CFI.co jury announces SMIT as the 2023 award winner for Best Tourism Investment Promotion Team (North Africa).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Moroccan Agency for Tourism Development (SMIT) counts its people among its most valued resources. The agency has established a work culture where talents are nurtured and human potential maximised.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12166,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[4,35,53,38,36],"tags":[204,203],"class_list":["post-12150","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-africa","category-development","category-front","category-government","category-projects","tag-23-24","tag-morocco"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.6 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>SMIT Moroccan Agency for Tourism Development: Best Tourism Investment Promotion Team North Africa 2023 - CFI.co<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Moroccan Agency for Tourism Development capitalises on a network of international partners to position Morocco as a prime destination\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"SMIT Moroccan Agency for Tourism Development: Best Tourism Investment Promotion Team North Africa 2023\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Moroccan Agency for Tourism Development capitalises on a network of international partners to position Morocco as a prime destination\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/africa\/2023\/smit-moroccan-agency-for-tourism-development-best-tourism-investment-promotion-team-north-africa-2023\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"CFI.co\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CapitalFinanceInternational\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-12-19T09:12:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-12-03T12:52:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/SMITMoroccanAgencyForTourismDevelopment-thumb-jpg.webp\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"349\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"218\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"marten\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@CFIMagazine\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@CFIMagazine\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"marten\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/africa\/2023\/smit-moroccan-agency-for-tourism-development-best-tourism-investment-promotion-team-north-africa-2023\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/africa\/2023\/smit-moroccan-agency-for-tourism-development-best-tourism-investment-promotion-team-north-africa-2023\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"marten\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/#\/schema\/person\/e3ad9b01223c3a8168d49fc9b884a909\"},\"headline\":\"SMIT Moroccan Agency for Tourism Development: Best Tourism Investment Promotion Team North Africa 2023\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-12-19T09:12:42+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-12-03T12:52:46+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/africa\/2023\/smit-moroccan-agency-for-tourism-development-best-tourism-investment-promotion-team-north-africa-2023\/\"},\"wordCount\":264,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/africa\/2023\/smit-moroccan-agency-for-tourism-development-best-tourism-investment-promotion-team-north-africa-2023\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/SMITMoroccanAgencyForTourismDevelopment-thumb-jpg.webp\",\"keywords\":[\"23-24\",\"Morocco\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Africa\",\"Development\",\"FRONT\",\"Government\",\"Projects\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/africa\/2023\/smit-moroccan-agency-for-tourism-development-best-tourism-investment-promotion-team-north-africa-2023\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/africa\/2023\/smit-moroccan-agency-for-tourism-development-best-tourism-investment-promotion-team-north-africa-2023\/\",\"name\":\"SMIT Moroccan Agency for Tourism Development: Best Tourism Investment Promotion Team North Africa 2023 - 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