Marrakech Hotel Shut Down for Hosting Pool Party Amid COVID-19 Restrictions

Following the dissemination on several electronic sites and social networks of photos documenting the holding of a musical party within a hotel establishment under the territorial jurisdiction of the prefecture of the province of Al Haouz, the prefectural services initiated investigations on this subject, in coordination with their counterparts from the prefecture of Al Haouz and the Royal Gendarmerie, says the Marrakech-Safi region in a press release.

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In this context, a joint commission went to the establishment concerned on Friday to conduct an administrative investigation, which revealed that the hotel unit organized an entertainment activity on July 29, 2021, in the main pool area of the structure, and this, in flagrant violation of the measures announced by the public authorities within the framework of the state of health emergency to deal with the spread of the coronavirus, specifies the same source.

Consequently, an administrative decision was taken to close the establishment in question. Similarly, the Royal Gendarmerie has initiated a judicial investigation, under the supervision of the competent public prosecutor’s office, in order to establish the legal effects and apply the provisions contained in Decree-Law No. 2.20.292 laying down provisions relating to the state of health emergency and the procedures for its declaration.