Estimated impact of COVID 19 on tourism in Morocco: A mid-term rapid assessment

• Saïd Mirari ^[1] ; Limame Barbouchi ^[2]
  1. [1] University of Rabat
  2. [2] Ibn Zohr University, Agadir
• Localización: IX Foro Internacional de Turismo Maspalomas Costa Canaria / coord. por Juan Manuel Benítez del Rosario, Claudia Breede Eyzaguirre, Antonio González Molina, Lidia Hernández López, 2021, ISBN 978-84-9042-431-5, págs. 166-178
• Idioma: inglés
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  • Safety of people and their economic and social security in all occupations have become a serious plan and number one priority for world governments in the era of Covid 19. Thus, sanitary precaution measures in this regard have become a priority for relevant progress in impoverished tourism sectors where the economic contribution of tourism has a high potential. Like the rest of the world, Morocco is facing an unprecedented challenge in managing the current COVID19 health crisis. The strong decisions and anticipatory sanitary precaution measures taken by the public authorities are courageous for the health safety of Moroccan citizens. In this respect, all the players/actors in the tourism sector have complied unreservedly with these rules. The rapid assessment approach consists of analysing the situation and needs in this sensitive phase immediately during and after the crisis to determine the type of assistance needed for a rapid rehabilitation strategy. By adopting this approach, this paper offers mid-termrapid assessment of the socio-economic implications of the sanitary fighting strategy against COVID19 in Morocco as an affected tourist destination by assessing Moroccan public policies in relation to Tourism sectors. More importantly, this academic endeavor invites strong support from various influential players for tourism whoserevival will certainly bring about considerable benefits for other sectors and across the whole spectrum of occupations in the labor market