Morocco’s Parliament Probes High Tourism Costs as Locals Opt for Cheaper Foreign Vacations

Domestic tourism is doing poorly due to the high cost of offers. In a written question, the Progress and Socialism group in the House of Representatives severely criticized the Minister of Tourism, Handicrafts, Social and Solidarity Economy. It made known that certain tourism institutions and agencies do not respect the law and do not comply with the standards of good conduct towards customers. One of these bad practices is the imposition of exorbitant prices for various tourist services. According to the parliamentary group, what the majority of citizens have observed, and which has been relayed by the national press, confirms the existence of a great disorder at the level of the prices of tourist accommodation in all its forms, as well as the chaos of the prices of tourist services, and the dizzying rise in the prices of all consumer products in the most frequented tourist places, exceeding the purchasing power of the families concerned, and violating the law "in a flagrant and greedy manner".

The same situation for the rental market for tourism accommodation. The Progress and Socialism group said that many families have been victims of fraud and scams on websites, lacking the necessary monitoring and control. It then calls on the government to intervene to regulate the quality, prices and costs of domestic tourism, and to make decisions concerning fair tourism promotion at the regional and territorial levels, so that the citizen is not left alone in the face of high costs and exploitation during the holidays, and in particular during the summer holidays.