In a city that relies on visitors for economic survival, some try to keep the tourist trade going while rescuers scramble to find survivors amid the rubble
In a Moroccan city in mourning for its earthquake victims, throngs of tourists with shopping bags walk past a collapsed two-story building where, just hours earlier, rescuers found two bodies beneath the wreckage.
Crumpled trucks covered in bricks were abandoned next to packed restaurant terraces. In the local souks, or markets, residents strung up plastic sheets as temporary awnings, where ceilings have caved in. Cobblestone streets end out of nowhere, turning to rubble. All that remains of the collapsed house on his street is a pair of empty kitchen chairs, a sink, and a door that may have once led to a patio.
People walk through the wreckage caused by the earthquake, in the town of Amizmiz, near Marrakech, on Sept. 10.Mr. Sasseville said he would stick to his vacation plans and leave the country only later next week: “The last thing Morocco needs right now is tourists … leaving the country,” he said, referring to the economic benefits brought by visitors who spend their money locally.
Photos and videos continue to circulate of that fateful night when the seemingly untouchable city of Marrakesh descended into a state of panic and chaos.
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