Tourism promotion: The grumbling of guest house managers in Morocco

And for good reason: the ministerial department has failed in its promises. The professionals in question declare having solicited the representatives of the supervisory ministry, who for their part, had promised to intervene officially with online travel agencies (OTAs) such as "Booking.com" or "Expedia" to remove from their websites accommodation not approved by Morocco. "Despite the numerous reminders from the Association, the Ministry has to date sent no official notification to these internet portals.Today all informal tourist accommodation establishments are present on the internet and exercise unfair competition," indicate in this sense the members of the Marrakech Guest House Association.And to add: "Not intervening to put an end to this presence on the portals constitutes a real blessing given to illegal accommodation which can freely prosper. It is time to put a real stop to s…