The term "Bezness" originates from the English word "business", and generally refers to profit-oriented activities of locals to tourists with the sole aim of creating advantages for one self.

In a narrower sense, the term is used for the pretention of love feelings toward women with the sole objective of gaining financial or material benefits or a residence permit in a western country, preferably Europe.

It is, in this sense, very much similar to terms like "marriage fraud" or "scam".
In French, terms like "Mariage Gris" or "Mariage Blanc" are used, while more profane terms refer also to "immigration fraud", "immigration scam" and "fictitious marriage".


The main difference between a "Beznesser" and a "Papagallo" is the fact that he is not just into an amoreuse adventure for the holidays, but he uses this only as the first step of his project.

There are many stages and forms between a serious and a Bezness lover, and in Tunisia, one can rarely find a "pure" representative of either kind - but one thing is certain: men who work in the tourist industry and are eager to contact tourists, almost always belong to the group "Beznesser".


But - to reach his goal, a "Beznesser" always needs a counterpart, and this counterpart is in almost all cases a European woman who suffers from the so-called "AMIGA syndrome".

The word AMIGA comes from the german sentence "Aber Meiner Ist Ganz Anders" (But my guy is totally different). In Latin, the word "amiga" means "girlfriend".

Despite the high probability that a woman runs into a "Bezness" man, which is, very conservatively estimated, about 90%, the woman keeps in almost all cases her eyes shut to the reality and takes refuge in the above-mentioned conviction that "The other men may be like that, but mine is certainly different".

The fact is, however, that many short term relationships and most of the medium ones will fail in the long term - and this for reasons in addition to the ones, from which marriages between couples from the same county are failing.
  

Tunisia is one hand a poor country, where the minimum wage, which most working professionals receive, is less than 200 Euro (200 UKP, 300 USD) per month.

Tunisia is also a country that does not provide an awful lot of jobs - the unemployment figures are, according to official figures around 10%, and according to strict standards rather in the area of 30%.
And finally, Tunisia is a country where the citizens cannot simply "go away", but they will need for all European countries a visa.

But Tunisia is, as well, a country that is directly adjacent to Europe and each year, hundreds of thousands of tourists visit the country. On almost each house roof is a satellite dish mounted, which delivers television programs from many countries to the Tunisian screens. So, they watch the reports of the life in Europe and generally the "West". And the tourists show them their supposed wealth by the fact that they can afford to fly to Tunisia to spend a vacation - not to mention new mobile phones, clothes and conduct, by Tunisian standards, a generous use of tips or gifts.

Thus, it is not surprising that the aim of many Tunisians is, to go to the "Golden West", find work and become rich fast. And to find work, which will allow them to live a good life, to support their family with money and to build up a house or business of their own.

Some Tunisians try, like the inhabitants of the more southerly states in Africa, to illegally cross the borders to European countries with vessels, but such a trip is expensive and dangerous, and even if they succeed, they will have to live illegal in Europe.

Others try to obtain a working visa for Europe, but on the one hand, there are hardly any job vacancies in Europe for non-Europeans (or even for Europeans for that matter) and on the other hand, it is difficult to even find such a job out of Tunisia.

So, the only realistic option that many Tunisians see for themselves, is a marriage with a citizen of a western country (and, in the recent years, increasingly also with women from East European countries, as the western countries are putting up higher barriers to obtain a visa), the equivalent for a ticket into the "Golden West" And they are ready to do almost anything to obtain it.


To come into "Contact" with a western tourist is easy - it is sufficient, to just talk to a tourist.

The easiest way is, of course, to obtain a job in the tourist industry, especially in the animation or restauration area in an hotel.
But even if such a position can not be obtained, the chances are quite good to attract the attention of a western woman on the street, in a shop, a taxi or a discotheque.

Generally, they are 3 target groups:

• single, young and well situated women
• single elderly women
• all women

and the objectives are, in this order:

• Visa to a western country
• Financial donations
• Fun in bed

In line with these objectives, they proceed with:


In most cases, there will be immediate talks about marriage, in many cases, they will be demands for money or donations - outspoken or expected.
If the Beznesser got a "victim", which has only little or no money, then it is also not a real problem, because every day, new tourists arrive at the airport.

They won't let go of what they have obtained, of course, and so they will continue to "work" the relation, even if it is a parallel second-, third- or fourth relationship, because even when it does not yield a marriage and a visa, there lures still the prospect of sex and financial benefits of smaller nature - the payment of taxi fares and some disco visits, for example. And - who knows, maybe one need only to give it some more time and it will turn out well anyway.

A typical characteristic of all such relationships is therefore, that they will never be abandoned or forgotten - even after months and sometimes years, they might decide to follow up on an "old" affair. But as long as a relationship is still "hot" and are fresh, there will be  fireworks of telephone and SMS contacts.

In such relationships, the ultimate winner will often be the victim that manages it the fastest to marry and to present a visa to a western country, and, ideally, pay all the celebrations and ticket costs as well.

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