Tourist guides benefit, starting July 2020 and until June 2021, from lump-sum allowances amounting to 2,000 dirhams, the minister said in response to an oral question at the House of Advisors on "the situation of tourist guides in time of the pandemic."

The administrative situation of some tourist guides who have not benefited from the allowance will be regularized, she added.

This category has been greatly affected by the spread of Covid-19, due to the absence of foreign tourists, the minister observed, highlighting the importance of integrating the tourist guide in domestic tourism.

The Economic Monitoring Committee (CVE) had recently announced that the support measures relating to the eight program contracts signed in January in favor of certain vulnerable industries have been extended to June 30 next.

These are allowances, family allowances and compulsory health insurance (AMO) for employees in the tourism sector, restaurants, caterers and event providers, amusement parks and games, nurseries, private gyms as well as the press sector and cultural and creative industries.