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GAMBIA TOURISM - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Foreign debt repayment totaled 14million, about 60% of the country's GDP
    - - The Gambia was once described as a non-viable monoculture.
    - - Production of groundnuts had been the dominant economic activity
      - Dominance of groundnuts has been receding due to the falling international prices, as a result of agricultural surpluses elsewhere
    - - Recognition of the role of tourism in the economic development process of the country, in terms of foreign exchange earnings and other benefits
  - - - Tourism contributes 12% of Gambian GNP
    - - Employs more than 35,000 people
    - - There used to only be 2 hotels with a capacity of 250 beds
      - Currently, there are over 15 hotels with a capacity of around 7000 beds
    - - Started with the arrival of 300 guests from Sweden in 1965
      - By 1993/94 the number of guests had risen to 130,000, with around 90,000 of these arriving from Northern European countries.
    - - Tourism can be a tool for development in developing countries, a way of weaning economies off overdependence on limited traditional exports
  - - - Population of 1.1m and is one of the smallest and most densely populated countries of tropical Africa.
    - - 350km from west to east, but no more than 48km wide.
      - The country’s main geographical feature is the River Gambia.
      - Africa
    - - GNP percapita of $320 (UK = $14,570,Senegal = $650)
    - - English is the official language, though the vast majority speak only their tribal languages. Mandinka, Wolof and Jola are the principal cultural groups.
    - - A human development index of 0.281 (UK =0.931)
      - The female literacy rate is 22.7%, male 50.9%
      - Only 1 school built
- - - - exports of any product or service
    - - there will be more jobs available
    - - tourism jobs and business created in more underdeveloped regions
    - - government will invest in better sewage system, airports, etc
    - - extra tax revenues for the govt. through various different types of taxes
    - - internation and domestic tourism comined generate up to 10% of the world’s GDP
  - - - places like mt everest are strewn w/ litter left by foreigners
    - - people are forced into living a more settled lifestyle to make way for tourist amernities
    - - children are forced to work as prostitutes in countries like thailand
    - - ancient burial gounds and culturally significant sites have been bulldozed for hotels and resorts
    - - tourism amenities often consume water needed for agricullture
- - - - Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs
    - - Bumsters: Most European visitors are unaccustomed to this kind of attention and find it unwelcome
      - Bumsters' lifestyle also attracts children away from school
    - - Called "bumsters"
        
        Unemployed young men who hang around beaches and other areas, latching onto tourists and trying to sell them drinks, trinkets or anything else, or to arrange trips, in the hopes of a tip
      - Unemployment rates of 75%
    - - National Policy for Tourism Development document in December 1996
        
        A commitment to more Gambian partners in decision-making processes
        
        reducing foreign exchange leakages
        
        Training of tourist guides