Beach, agriculture, real estate, and processing industry: Bouznika, a multifaceted hub

Barely a few decades ago, Bouznika was just a small town on the way between the metropolis and the capital. A stopover for families and drivers exhausted by the road. A small village where the traveller could eat and take a break before getting back on the road. Meat, grilled dishes, mechoui, and tajine became culinary specialities that customers from all over the region came to taste, hence the interest of restaurant stakeholders in organising and better presenting the local culinary product, which has been slow to materialise given the state of the small restaurants intended for this purpose. And then came the era of rapid and expensive development of the beach and summer resort under the famous Minister of the Interior, Basri. An era that would certainly see a boom along the entire coast, but with irregularities and excesses regarding land assets belonging to both individuals and the…