- Taiwan’s foreign ministry issued a travel warning for Morocco on July 24 after visa services were suspended.
- Major agency Lion Travel canceled all Morocco tours and is offering full refunds or itinerary switches to clients.
- The Moroccan Embassy in Japan stopped processing visa letters, effectively blocking entry for Taiwan passport holders.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, MOFA, warned travelers on July 24, 2026, after Lion Travel stopped handling Morocco’s visa authorization letter service. The warning came as a Morocco trip path for Taiwan passport holders broke in two places. It was sudden.
Lion Travel suspended sales of Morocco tour groups on July 23, 2026. The company also began offering full refunds or tour switches to affected clients. That gave booked travelers an immediate choice. New sales stopped first.
The ministry said:
"The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has reached out to Moroccan authorities through overseas missions to clarify the situation, but has not yet received a response. Taiwanese planning business or leisure travel to Morocco are advised to carefully evaluate their itineraries."
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The problem ran through Morocco’s visa process for Taiwan passport holders, not through a routine travel delay. The Moroccan Embassy in Japan, which handles visa applications for Taiwan passport holders, stopped accepting applications for the document. Without the authorization letter, Taiwanese citizens cannot obtain a visa on arrival at Moroccan airports. No letter, no entry.
Lion Travel is one of Taiwan’s largest travel agencies. That made the halt land harder than a small tour cancellation. Travelers who had already booked through the company suddenly faced a service cutoff tied to the entry process itself. The scale mattered.
MOFA said it had gone through overseas missions to ask Moroccan authorities for clarification. It had not yet received a response. The warning then shifted the burden back to travelers, especially those planning business or leisure travel to Morocco. Some could change plans. Others could not.
The airport visa depended on a paper trail
The Morocco process for Taiwanese travelers depended on a narrow chain. One end sat with the agency, which had been handling the visa authorization letter service. The other sat with the embassy in Japan, which accepted the applications tied to entry. Once the embassy stopped taking them, the chain broke. The airport visa could not fill the gap.
That left travelers without the normal workaround. The visa on arrival at Moroccan airports depended on the missing letter. When the document stopped moving, the trip did too. The warning did not describe a delay that might clear overnight. It described a route that had been cut off.
Lion Travel’s commercial response moved just as quickly. The company stopped Morocco tour sales on July 23, 2026, then began offering full refunds or tour switches to affected clients. Those were the immediate options for people already committed to the trip. The company’s step came a day before the foreign ministry warning.
The ministry’s message remained open-ended. It said the outreach through overseas missions had still not produced a response, and it told Taiwanese planning business or leisure travel to Morocco to carefully evaluate their itineraries. The answer was still missing.
