Help...Looking to move to Morocco

[HG]

I need to warn you of the fundamental issues with Morocco is the corruption, and it goes way way up to the top...be aware, what ever you do , make, ask, need , want always some sort of pay behind it...word of warning...corruption corruption .....and very very beaucratic....this is what the French left to their cronies

cheetrs

[elaidi2000]

Essaouira is the most beautiful place in the Morld.....It retains all the culture and traditions of Morocco and also offers a place of peace and tranquility for the body and the mind. I have been many times but prefer to visit it alone to reflect on life and reality. To walk along the sea wall and watch the boats leave the harbour as the sun rises is spiritual and teaches one the value of living for the day.....If I could chose a place to die it would be Essaouira at sunrise on a spring morning.....it is as near to my God as I can imagine...

[Ahlam_2005]

Originally Posted by HG

I need to warn you of the fundamental issues with Morocco is the corruption, and it goes way way up to the top...be aware, what ever you do , make, ask, need , want always some sort of pay behind it...word of warning...corruption corruption .....and very very beaucratic....this is what the French left to their cronies

cheetrs

Corruption is a universal phenomena. while it may be relatively more in morocco but that attribute is to the poverty, less no's of educated lot and lesser job oppurtunites in morocco. Also the cost of living there is higher( almost like EU) than the per capita income of the Ppl of the country which makes PPl the way they are.
In fact its the same in Egypt, Algeria,Syria,Jordan and Lebanon.

With the country depending a lot on imports the Ppl find it difficult to cope up with things as they become expensive . Producing and manufacturing Industries are few and the main exports are Phosphates only. So they depend largely on tourism industry and the govt there and the Govt there has taken no pains to understand this and depreciate the Dirhams, just to earn more from the tourists.
Had they depreciated their currency many things wud become cheap for Ppl giving them more buying power.
Also it wud boost their exports and earn them more money than just tourists coming there.

So in such circumstances they look upto tourists for hat extra buck.

Cheers Buddy