tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10541569.post593416055396386013..comments2023-10-30T05:24:32.081-04:00Comments on Wayne's Blog: Joe's comments on food and the Djerba Beach HotelWayne Bellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09905309721418071730noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10541569.post-46863054334832524492011-07-23T17:59:37.607-04:002011-07-23T17:59:37.607-04:00You have shared very nice experience of your tour ...You have shared very nice experience of your tour and stay of hotel. I always like this type of blog. <br /><br /><a href="http://www.hotelurbano.com.br" rel="nofollow">hotel rio de janeiro</a>piterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18170037417000651684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10541569.post-5056859082552166162011-06-20T06:21:28.262-04:002011-06-20T06:21:28.262-04:00Hostels are just as safe as hotels.
La Rocca Host...Hostels are just as safe as hotels.<br /><br /><a href="http://laroccahostels.com/" rel="nofollow">La Rocca Hostels</a>Jessiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03340194133098493066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10541569.post-75163962360550493442010-12-23T23:49:20.008-05:002010-12-23T23:49:20.008-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Steam Tableshttp://www.usaequipmentdirect.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10541569.post-83445730819846612212010-08-27T14:57:41.029-04:002010-08-27T14:57:41.029-04:00This is to comment on some aspects of your posting...This is to comment on some aspects of your posting on your trip to Djerba.<br /><br />1. You mentioned accurately that wages are low and certainly with no fringe benefits. Wages are always low in the hospitality industry whether in Tunisia, in France, in the US or in Canada. Tourists generally want cheap vacations. How would that be possible with high wages?<br /><br />2. You wrote that the employees are most certainly not unionized. Although in most countries most hospitality employees are not unionized, in Tunisia there is the UGTT (Union Generale des Travailleurs Tunisiens) that covers this industry as well.<br /><br />3. Regarding tips, European and North American practices are different. In the US for instance, hospitality non-salaried front of the house employees are paid below the minimum wage but tips are high. In Europe, the same wages are mandated by regulations and tips are considered incidental. The Tunisian model is copied of the European system.<br /><br />4. You realized that many tourists were of German descent. Most of the tourism in Tunisia is from Europe. So in order not to cannibalize each other, resorts have specialized themselves into European regions. In Djerba, many sites have specialized in Central Europe including Switerland, Austria, Czechia and Germany. In addition, Djerba also targets Jewish tourism either from Germany or from Israel.<br /><br />5. Regarding activities in Djerba, there is more than just the one casino and a large golf course. If you are interested in archeology, there are several Punic and Roman villas and the Fort of Ghazi Mustapha. If you like outdoor sports, there are horseback riding tours and one can rent water scooters and boats. If you are more adventurous, there are hunting events at Medenine and the troglodytes of Matmata.<br /><br />6. The dominant reason for fixed prices in the souk is that the tourist audience is of Germanic culture where there is no haggling. The no haggling policy is to protect those tourists from being taken for a ride by a local merchant.<br /><br />7. Langos are fried bread made with butter. The greasiness ought to be expected. They are also popular with the Southern Slavic people (Serbia, Macedonia, Bulgaria, Romania) and were brought to Tunisia by the Turks.<br /><br />8. The brik is a simple filling of tuna and egg in a phyllo dough pastry. For foreigners, it is served with a lemon wedge. But for local consumption, it is served with hrissa, a spicy sauce blend with tomato, paprika, cayenne pepper, cumin and garlic. The local custom has it that the spicier the wife makes her husband's brik the more she loves him. A pinch of this hrissa would set you ablaze and that's why it is usually not served by default to tourists.<br /><br />9. Finally, you wrote that Tunisia was not a democracy which seems like an out of context sentence. To be a democracy is not necessarily a good thing. Israel and India are said to be democracies but I wouldn't want any of their style of democracy. The French and American democracies were forged by the killing of 600 000 to one million people each during the liberating revolutions, and the enslavement of many more.<br /><br />The concept of democracy is touted by the very nations that tortured, decapitated and massacred some of their own people but mostly other nations.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com