The Ministry of Tourism launched on Wednesday a brand new digital platform aimed toward offering monetary assist to categorized vacationer lodging amenities affected by the Al Haouz earthquake.
The platform, launched as a part of the general reconstruction and rehabilitation program for areas impacted by the Atlas earthquake, permits eligible institutions to submit monetary assist requests.
The ministry has reported that to this point 667 categorized vacationer lodging institutions have been assessed for damages by technical consultants.
The analysis course of is about to find out the extent of the damages and develop rehabilitation plans. The method has additionally been instrumental in figuring out the assist required.
The monetary help from the ministry varies based mostly on the severity of the impression.
Institutions considerably affected by the earthquake could obtain assist of as much as MAD two million, whereas these with minor damages might obtain as much as MAD 500,000.
The ministry stated that this monetary help goals to allow affected institutions to hold out rehabilitation work promptly.
Fatima Zahra Ammor, Minister of Tourism, stated that half of the assist quantity will probably be disbursed upon receiving full software information. The remaining half will probably be supplied upon completion of the rehabilitation work.
Ammor stated that the ministry has swiftly carried out the initiative, guaranteeing that vacationer lodging amenities can shortly profit from the present restoration within the nation’s tourism sector.
The ministry additionally introduced the launch of over 150 tasks to create extra employment alternatives and speed up social and financial improvement within the area.
Native and regional tourism our bodies praised the central initiative, contemplating the Ministry of Tourism as one of many authorities sectors on the forefront of addressing the repercussions of the Atlas earthquake.
Nonetheless, Marouane Shwiwekh, President of the Regional Tourism Council within the Haouz area, informed Hespress Ar that this step is optimistic however criticized the platform for being directed completely at categorized vacationer lodging institutions.
Shwiwekh additional added that there’s a want for options to categorise rural tourism institutions and urged efforts to uplift their requirements to profit from public assist.
The identical supply commented on the allotted assist quantity, stating that the set ceiling of MAD 2 million for utterly affected vacationer lodging institutions is minimal, particularly given the excessive prices of transporting building supplies to the affected mountainous areas.
Shwiwekh underscored the importance of digitizing tourism providers. He famous the efforts of the Regional Tourism Council in digitizing the vacationer expertise by making a digital portal for reservations and advertising and marketing together with each categorized and unclassified institutions.