Marrakchi bazaar merchants lose their temper

The Association of Merchants and Exporters of Handicraft Products of Marrakech has lost its temper to denounce what it qualifies as the "Tourism Mafia" in the Ochre City and to express its fed-up attitude in the face of the unfair practices that certain bazaar merchants engage in in collusion with unscrupulous guides and tour operators. The Association lists a litany of prejudices that the bazaar merchants of the Jamaâ El-Fna square are subjected to on a daily basis by guides and touts in the pay of bazaars known to all in the city for these illegal activities. The protesters, who say they are living through difficult times and are no longer able to sell their products, are indignant at the practices imposed by these guides, which consist of steering tourists towards the shops and boutiques of their sponsors in exchange for commissions. In this context, they cry out against the harmful…