Agreed. TechStars alumni Maptia for instance build an awesome product in a surf town in Morocco, they worked like crazy, received a crazy amount of applications, grew their team there.
It clearly can't work for all startups. It has to be something that is rooted in the company's culture. The guys at Maptia received a crazy amount of applications when people heard they were based in a Moroccan surf town. There are lots of people that are interested in this. Also, remember, it can also be only for a few weeks.
Hey! It's also pretty far from Europe, Morocco is 3hrs away from Paris and London. And a lot of people simply don't want to live in Asia, they'd rather go to Africa.
Hey Fergie. It's not our intention (I'm the cofounder) :) Our goal is to have people work as much as in their hometown, but get more done because they're in a better setting, and because when they take a break, it's a fucking amazing break.
Hey Tinco, I'm one of the cofounders. Morocco is no South East Asia. A 5 star hotel is expensive in Morocco. Morocco can be really cheap if you go to a small secluded village in the mountains or in a sketchy town, on the coastside, it's whole other story. We'll upload the pictures as soon as the constructions are over! But, believe me it's going to be great (you can checkout our pinterest to see what we're going for)