Tourism in The Gambia
The Gambia
Tourism Background
Costs
Benefits
Economy
The growth of sex tourism
Very little of the money spent in the industry actually flows through the economy; mostly enjoyed by foreigners
Dilution of cultures.
Improvement in the country's balance of trade
Creation of jobs in the travel and tourism sector
Tourism contributes 12% of Gambia's GNP
There are now ver 15htesin the tourist development area with a capacity of abut 7000 beds
By 1993-94 the number of guests rose to 130,000
The start of Gambia's tourism development started with the arrival of 300 visitors from Sweden in 1965
Has a population of 1.1m
Its main geographical feature is the River Gambia
It is 350km from west to east
Literacy rates in the country are low with females having 22.7% and males having 50.9%
Located in West Africa and is surrounded on 3 sides by Senegal
GNP per capita of $320
A human development index of 0.281
In recent times, the Gambian economy has diversified with the development in the tourism sector
The Gambian economy was very dependent on the production of groundnuts