Marrakech Faces Tourism Crisis Amid Public Toilet Shortage and Heritage Concerns

The shortage of toilets, coupled with the dilapidation of those still in service, has disastrous consequences. Visitors, for lack of better options, find themselves forced to relieve themselves against the historic walls, accelerating their deterioration, warns the local site kech24. The ramparts of the city, witnesses of its rich past, are thus disfigured, like those of Bab Doukkala.

This situation sends a negative message to local and foreign tourists, who may perceive Marrakech as a city ill-prepared to meet their most basic needs. Despite repeated promises from the municipal council, the construction of new toilets is still awaited, raising doubts about its real willingness to improve the situation.

Marrakech, which attracts millions of visitors each year thanks to its exceptional historical and cultural heritage, must imperatively remedy this health crisis if it wants to preserve its tourist appeal, specifies the same source, advising the local authorities to take concrete measures to offer inhabitants and visitors sanitary facilities worthy of the name.