Who will benefit from the World Cup 2030 in Morocco?
It will be rich real estate people. I'm sure restaurants, shops and such will do well for about a month.
That's it.
Morocco is already the fastest growing tourist destination in the world. Can it go faster? Yeah sure. However, usually this just means that the prices of the tickets and accommodations go up rather than that the number of tourists keeps growing. Apart from that, the number of tourists is very concentrated in certain spots, not everyone will benefit.
Russia hosted in 2018: no lasting gains. nobody in the country noticed anything to begin with.
Similarly for Brazil and South Africa. Ok yes these countries are poor and big so you cannot compare it to Morocco right... OK let's say you are rich and small, like... Qatar: 0 benefits.
MREs are buying up properties to turn them into AirBnBs. MREs are also renting apartments to rent them out as AirBnBs.
Posted Jul 29, 2026, 1:11 PM UTC