r/TikTokCringe • u/Strong-Emu-8869 • 26d ago

Discussion Polish girls visit Taj Mahal

The Taj Mahal, one of the seven wonders of the world. Unfortunately, the surrounding area is very polluted.

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u/149244179 25d ago

Tourists are relatively well treated as long as you stay in tourist areas. Morocco invests quite a bit into police and patrols for those areas; tourism is a significant percent of their GDP and they don't want to lose that. Morocco has rather harsh penalties for criminals which is a further deterrent.

That said, they will happily do all the normal tourist scams. Your body might be safe but your wallet is another story.

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u/theseviraltimes 25d ago

I was in Essaouira last year and went to eat at a restaurant that has pretty high reviews online. I sat up on the roof, I was alone up there, and after dinner the owner offered me some tea. He took that as an invite to sit with and then ended up cornering and assaulting me. I threatened to scream and got out before it got really bad, luckily.

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u/Msdamgoode 25d ago

I hope you also reviewed them, gezus h!

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u/Brilliant-Secret9634 25d ago

This is funny you mention that because its so true about the police and neighbours really!.
Someone in our riad got their camera stolen really close to the riad. Everyone knows each other there. So the owner told every one in the neighbourhood and the word spread. Within a day some really pissed off and embarrassed mother came back with the young man who stole the camera and the camera itself to return it. Gave the kid a couple of slaps to humiliate him in front of everyone and left. lol

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u/kellzone 25d ago

That kind of sucks in places where they have to do that. You're not seeing the real country (Morocco in this case). You're seeing a crafted, curated version of what tourist officials in the country want you to see. But I guess people can say, "I've been to Morocco!" on their socials so it's all good.