
Café Owners Demand Extended Tax Relief Amid Ongoing COVID-19 Financial Strain
Café managers, financially asphyxiated by the coronavirus crisis, are calling for new tax exemptions.

Café managers, financially asphyxiated by the coronavirus crisis, are calling for new tax exemptions.

The authorities of the province of Youssoufia have decided to close about ten cafes and game rooms. The reason is the non-compliance with the preventive measures issued by the authorities.

The government intends to support all regulated tourism professions in Morocco. They will all benefit from support and relaunch assistance, both socially and in terms of financing.

Unlike the souks, beaches, cafes-restaurants, cabarets and nightclubs have not been allowed to reopen as part of the lockdown easing measures. Owners, workers, artists and musicians are crying poverty.

The economic situation of the 13,000 cafes and restaurants that remained closed and those that have resumed activity with a reduced capacity of 50% in the Casa-Settat region is not very rosy. The General Directorate of Local Authorities (DGCL) has thus taken some measures that can relieve them somewhat.

56 cafes in Témara have recently been closed by the authorities of the city. They are accused of not respecting the health instructions required for the maintenance of any economic activity.

A few days after the resumption of fast-food restaurant activities, coronavirus infections have already been recorded. 5 members of the staff of a famous fast-food in Tangier have tested positive for Covid-19.

About ten restaurants have been closed in Casablanca , Marrakech, Tangier and Agadir for non-compliance with the health protocol imposed on owners, in order to curb the spread of the coronavirus in the kingdom.

The Minister of the Interior, Abdelouafi Laftit, has responded favorably to the request of restaurant owners by authorizing them to open until midnight. It had been decided that they would close at 11 p.m. as part of the lockdown easing measures.

The authorities of Rabat proceeded, on Sunday, July 5, to the closure of cafes that violate the health prevention measures against covid-19.

Bar, cabaret and shisha cafe owners are in a state of expectation. While some of them opened in the middle of last week, others are still hesitant to open as they have not yet received any official instructions for the reopening of their establishments.

Summer vacations will be very expensive for Moroccan tourists and other nationalities who will come to Turkey in these times of covid-19. The reason is the surge in prices.