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The country is trying to recover from the devastating earthquake – the high-profile World Bank and IMF annual meeting is helping.
Multiple historic sites in Marrakech were reopened to tourists on Sunday, a month after a devastating earthquake hit Morocco and took the lives of nearly 3,000 people. The reopened sites include Bahia Palace, Badi Palace, and the Saadian Tombs, reported Morocco World News.
Morocco is also hosting a large conference this week: The 2023 World Bank and IMF annual meeting. It is the highest-profile event Morocco has hosted so far, said Siham Fettouhi, Morocco Tourism Office Director for USA and Canada.
“We've been hosting more and more events every year, and the proof of that is that annual conference, we're talking about more than 14,000 people coming into Marrakech this week,” said Fettouhi.
Some parts of the areas affected by the earthquake remai