
Morocco Tightens Intercity Travel Restrictions Amid Post-Ramadan Movement Surge
In Morocco , the control of intercity travel is likely to be stricter in the coming days. There are already signs of this in certain cities.

In Morocco , the control of intercity travel is likely to be stricter in the coming days. There are already signs of this in certain cities.

The gendarmes of Bab Doukkala in Marrakech arrested several people for violating the state of health emergency. Among them, three managers who had transformed their restaurants into nightclubs.

Morocco has announced the gradual reopening of borders starting June 15. Good news for tourism promoters, exhausted by the coronavirus crisis, which cost their sector some 64 billion dirhams in 2020.

Domestic tourism is gradually resuming in Morocco. With the easing of restrictive measures, Moroccans do not hesitate to take a few trips to the cities in the south of the kingdom, to the delight of tourism operators who are eagerly awaiting the arrival of MREs.

Mekki El Hannoudi, mayor of Louta, was sentenced to two months in prison with a suspended sentence for calling on his constituents to violate the nighttime curfew imposed during Ramadan to curb the spread of coronavirus and its variants. This was the decision handed down by the criminal chamber of the court of first instance in Al Hoceïma .

Morocco could reopen its skies in the coming days. The kingdom is increasingly easing its health restrictions.

After easing the restrictive measures on May 20, the Moroccan government is preparing to relax the entry conditions into the territory.

In Morocco, nighttime travel nationwide between 11:00 pm and 4:30 am is prohibited starting this Friday. This is the decision taken by the government. The curfew is thus pushed back from 8pm to 11pm.

The local authorities of the Wilaya of the Rabat-Salé-Kénitra region have announced the ban on any gathering or assembly on public roads. This clarification follows calls published on social networks inviting the population to a protest march next Sunday in Rabat.

On the eve of the celebration of Eid Al Fitr, information indicates possible restrictions on travel to and from the city of Fez . The Regional Monitoring and Monitoring Committee of the Fez-Meknes region assures that this is not the case.

Disarmed by the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, cafe and restaurant professionals are not giving up even if unconfirmed information makes them believe that their businesses could be allowed to open until 11 pm after the month of Ramadan. They are proposing a recovery plan to the executive.

The state of health emergency has been extended until June 10, 2021, in order to curb the spread of the coronavirus and its variants in Morocco. This is the decision taken by the Council of Government.