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Morocco’s Tourism Industry Faces $5 Billion Loss as COVID-19 Closes Borders
Monday 24 August 2020, by
The coronavirus has severely impacted Moroccan tourism due to the closure of the kingdom’s borders. As a result, heavy losses have been recorded.
Since the implementation of the state of health emergency in March, Morocco’s borders have remained closed. This measure taken by the authorities to counter the spread of the coronavirus in the kingdom has had a lasting impact on the tourism sector. The losses recorded are estimated at more than five billion euros, reports TF1. A team from this French media went to Essaouira.