Moroccan Hotels Face Mass Layoffs as Tourism Crisis Deepens

Due to the closure of borders, hotel units can no longer hold on. Even the state’s support measures have been of no avail. According to L’Economiste, "social carnage is looming over the sector", adding that all hotel establishments are showing zero as occupancy rate. Also, industry professionals are calling on the head of government for help. Failing that, the situation forces promoters to consider layoff plans.

Only the opening of borders and certain tourist sites could save the much-dreaded carnage in the sector. Since even people with reservations are blocked at the entrance and exit of cities, the easing of inter-city travel would allow the revival of domestic and international tourism, the newspaper indicates, specifying that this should be controlled and accompanied by the necessary measures to be in line with the national policy to fight the pandemic.