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> Was planning to go this winter, but I don't want to be a tourist in the midst of calamity.

I'm very conflicted on this one, it seems like this is the intuition I (along with a lot of people) want to reach for but is that actually the most helpful thing?

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No, life goes on and it's not a calamity. It's pretty bad, but we'll have another crisis if tourism goes down because of the bad publicity of the earthquake.

For many Moroccans, welcoming tourists is their livelihoods. The best thing you can do to support them is to keep your plans in place.

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