Marrakech Tourist Attractions Double Entry Fees, Sparking Industry Backlash

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Marrakech Tourist Attractions Double Entry Fees, Sparking Industry Backlash

To the general surprise, the prices of admission tickets to the historical monuments of Marrakech have seen an unexpected increase.

Tourist guides have told Kech24 that the entry ticket prices have gone from 70 to 100 dirhams overnight for foreign tourists and from 10 dirhams to 20 dirhams for Moroccans, criticizing the approach of the Ministry of Tourism which did not deign to involve the professionals of the sector, in particular the travel agencies and the tourist guides, in the making of this decision.

Professionals deplore the abrupt implementation and without any official announcement of this measure as of June 13, a situation that has forced some tourists to pay their tickets at the new rate, while others pai