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

[yassinish87]

Hi everyone. What i can say about living in Morocco is that if you really want to move over there, just go for it and do it. Morocco today is Morocco 15years ago. Alots of things have changed, i am a pure Moroccan -we use that term to show that we really are Moroccans because there are Classes in Morocco- and i know my country veryl well, take this, in Morocco, the authorities look after tourists more than they do with Locals thats really nasty, but thats how it is. Someone mentioned corruption, i see that Corruption is everywhere, i didnt think that i would hear that there is corruption in UK. But still, it is real. I cant find how 'Corruption' will affect tourists, it just kicks the locals *** out.

In general Speaking, Morocco is such a wonderful country but unfortunately the government havent realised that yet.

[Lamiss]

It would cost you like 3000 DHS (371 $) to 4000 Dhs ( 497 $) to get a comfortable flat in casablaca .. but you can always find something decent at a lower price .. Concerning the cost of living ,I don't think it is as high as in Singapore : 1MAD = 0.123563 USD so just gotta calculate