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Gambia News : The Gambia’s winter tourist season commences
The Gambia 2009-2010 tourists’ season opened Thursday at the Banjul
International Airport with the arrival of the first batch of more than
200 tourists from Sweden and Denmark.
Most holiday makers coming to the Gambia come mainly from the United Kingdom and the Scandinavian countries.
Speaking to journalist shortly after the arrival of the
tourists, Morten Evensen, the area manager for Thomas Cook (a tour
operator) said even though the world economic crisis will impact
negatively on tourism, he was convinced that this year’s tourist season
will be slightly better for the Gambia than predictions made by
sceptics. He said the Gambia was a cheap destination and that will
attract several tourists from Scandinavia.
He revealed that his company plans to bring more than
600 tourists to the Gambia every week. He said the bookings they have
for this year’s season were promising.
Lamin Saho, the marketing director at the Gambia
Tourism Authority, said they were facing several challenges as a result
of the global economic crisis, but he was quick to add that they are
now exploring new markets like Russia and Nigeria.
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- Dear sir,
could you please confirm that the director of tourism has lost his job?sir this man was very hardworking and it will be sad to see him go ,the man i,m talking about is EMESS JOBE.
can you please confirm?
thanks
jess
(Posted on October 30, 2009, 11:53 AM jess nilsson)
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