Sharjah24 – AFP: Moroccan tourism operators are facing potential ruin after the country abruptly shut its borders over the Omicron variant of Covid, the latest blow to an industry battered by the nearly two-year pandemic.
The results were immediate: an avalanche of cancellations, hotels shuttered and warnings that operators face bankruptcy.
The latest crisis "has delivered a fatal blow to the sector," said Mohamed Semlali, chairman of the National Federation of Travel Agencies of Morocco (FNAVM).
On November 25, Moroccan authorities suspended "until further notice" direct flights to and from France, where Covid cases were surging.
Three days later, it announced a halt to all incoming passenger flights for two weeks amid concern over the spread of the new, highly infectious variant.
For tourism operators, who had already endured a second disastrous summer in a row, the news snuffed out any hope of a winter holiday uptick.
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