As the school year approaches, students, interns and some employees are having a hard time finding housing or a rental room in the largest cities, especially in Rabat, due to the surge in real estate prices. The "luckiest" who find them are victims of the "greed" of brokers.
Moroccans are exasperated by the exaggerated and unjustified rise in prices of certain products such as fish, red meat, and chicken, not hesitating to boycott these products and the importing companies they accuse of supporting Israel in the conflict in Gaza.
In Morocco, the soaring prices of tourist services (hotels, cafes and restaurants) during the summer season are pushing many Moroccans to spend their vacations abroad, which is seriously undermining domestic tourism, but also the local economy. Concerned, the Moroccan Federation of Consumer Rights proposes avenues for solutions.
In Morocco, the sardine, the " poor man’s fish ", is so expensive that low-income families cannot afford to buy it.
In Morocco, the exaggerated increase in the prices of tourist services (hotels, cafes and restaurants) during the summer season significantly affects domestic tourism and the local economy.
In Morocco, red meat prices continue to rise, reaching 120 dirhams per kilogram in some retail outlets.
Prices are reaching record highs in Morocco. Cafes and restaurants are heavily affected by this galloping inflation. They are facing a drastic drop in their revenues.
Taking advantage of the summer season and the influx of tourists, taxi drivers operating between Tangier and Tétouan have increased the transport fare from 35 to 50 dirhams, causing discontent among vacationers and Moroccans residing abroad.
After a period of gloom due to the surge in prices of services in restaurants, cafes and shops, and difficulties related to transportation, tourism is picking up again in northern Morocco, particularly in Tangier.
Moroccan tourists have stormed the city of Marbella, in southern Spain, contributing to the increase in tourism revenues in this city.
Despite calls, petitions, interpellations of the government by deputies, exhortations of the Parliament to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccans Residing Abroad, Nasser Bourita, Moroccans continue to be subject to the law of Schengen visa appointment intermediaries. As a result, appointments are now obtained at a high price.
A drop in the price of olive oil is expected to be slow in coming due to the catastrophic situation in the olive oil sector. Mohamed Sadiki, Minister of Agriculture, is taking certain measures in an attempt to reverse the trend.