Morocco shows a growing interest in English. It also intends to disseminate information in the world’s most spoken language, with a total of more than 1.4 billion speakers, to attract English-speaking tourists.
During a parliamentary session on Thursday, Morocco is considering broadcasting news in English on the country’s public channels, Minister of Culture, Youth and Communications Mohamed Mehdi Benzaid announced. He also said that Al-Aoula, a public channel, is currently working on a new project to pave the way for broadcasting information in English. This includes covering international events inside and outside Morocco, conducting interviews with English speakers.
Read: Morocco wants to double English tourist numbers
Spanish – a language spoken by more than 500 million people worldwide – will not be forgotten. Moroccan public channels will also focus on this language. According to the minister, this is the “linguistic policy” adopted by these channels. Launched almost 34 years ago, the dissemination of information in Spanish contributed to increasing Morocco’s popularity among Spanish speakers and attracting Iberian tourists, he recalled. As for broadcasting in English, the Kingdom expects the same results.
“Beeraholic. Friend of animals everywhere. Evil web scholar. Zombie maven.”
More Stories
English referee Anthony Taylor blew the whistle
Google Search Becomes Your Personal English Teacher With AI “Speaking Coach”!
Kane against Bellingham, only one English prince for Wembley… and the Golden Ball