Marrakech’s Iconic Jemaa El Fna Square Deserted as Tourism Plummets

Commercial activity within the mythical square has decreased by 90%, due to the absence of national and foreign tourists, reports Alyaoum24, which specifies that all the shops have been closed since the implementation of the state of emergency.

The health crisis has affected both the large merchants of babouches and craft products in the square and the street vendors, the majority of whom were distributing juices, fast sandwiches and delicious bowls of snails.

A historic space among the most famous in Morocco, founded in the 11th century, the Jamaâ El Fna square in Marrakech attracts tourists from all over the world for the diversity of heritage products, the artistic expressions presented and the "affordable" prices displayed.