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Article: All aboard for the Marrakech Express: Morocco was the first to recognize America's independence, and U.S. tourists won't be disappointed by a visit to an old friend.(includes information on how to get to Morocco)
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- Insight on the News
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- January 15, 1996
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Morocco was the first to recognize America's independence, and U.S. tourists won't be disappointed by a visit to an old friend.
The journey from New York to Casablanca is only six-and-a-half Thours, but be prepared to enter a different world. Those exotic places and people that have long fascinated Hollywood are real: The palaces and Casbahs and crowded bazaars, the belly dancers, snake charmers and charging Berber horsemen.
"It's a combination of Africa, the Middle East and Europe," says Mohammed Tazi, director of the Moroccan Tourism Office in New York.
By geography, it's African, located on the continent's northwestern corner, across the Strait of ...