Further blow on tourism recovery in Morocco after earthquake

As a tourist destination, Marrakech is known for its squares, beautiful mosques and bustling markets. — Pixabay

When Morocco’s top tourist city was recently rocked by the country’s deadliest earthquake in six decades, Hicham Aamran and his family fled to a nearby square, terrified their apartment building would collapse.

They’ve camped there since, sleeping in the open and too afraid of aftershocks to return to their Marrakech home, as the kingdom reckons with the social and economic toll of a disaster that’s left more than 2,000 people dead.