Tourism in the colors of the recovery in Marrakech last weekend. About a hundred hotel establishments out of the 240 operating in the ochre city, the heart of Moroccan tourism, have reopened, offering a few moments of good business.
Several regions of the kingdom will experience a heat wave from Thursday to Saturday, warns the General Directorate of Meteorology (DMN).
In Morocco, real estate is one of the sectors hit hard by the coronavirus. In Marrakech, for example, some riads have seen their prices plummet by 30 to 40%.
Wizz Air plans to launch two new air links to Morocco. Thirty other routes are also planned.
Mohammed Shiraz Riaz assaulted and threatened to hit a flight attendant on a Ryanair flight from Marrakech to Liverpool. An arrest warrant has been issued against the quadragenarian.
During the first three weeks of the month of Ramadan, 60 offenses were recorded on the market in the Marrakech-Safi region. These violations on prices and the quality of food products were observed by control commissions from the Division of Economic Affairs and Coordination (DAEC) of the wilaya of the area.
Fearing a surge in coronavirus cases, the authorities in Marrakech have decided, just a few days before Eid al-Fitr, to seal off the main exits of the ochre city to prevent crowds from moving towards this major tourist center of the kingdom.
The Marrakech court will rule this Wednesday on the request for release on bail of Brahim Bouhlel and Zbarbooking, sentenced to eight months in prison in Morocco for having filmed and disseminated a video "of a person without his consent" and for "corruption of a minor".
The financial brigade of the regional security of Marrakech is conducting an investigation into a huge case of money laundering of large sums of money. A network active in the city would be laundering drug money in real estate.
The police elements of Marrakech proceeded to the arrest of an Egyptian who usurped the title of Deputy Ambassador of Egypt to Morocco or Cultural Advisor to the Embassy. He will be brought before the prosecutor of the king near the court of first instance of the ochre city.
The Directorate General of Meteorology (DGM) forecasts locally heavy thunderstorms, this Tuesday and Wednesday, in several provinces of the kingdom.
Some 300 million dirhams will be invested in Tamansourt for the creation of several economic activity hubs, announced the Regional Investment Center (CRI) of Marrakech. This investment, which is part of the pole of attractiveness project, aims to relaunch the "slow" development of Tamansourt, designed 16 years ago as a pilot satellite city.