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Capital City: Banjul
Location:
located on the west coast of
Africa between latitude 13 and
14 degrees north and 13 and 17
degrees west. The country is
surrounded by Senegal on
North, East and South.
Total Area:
11,300 km2
Population:
11million
• It is one of the smallest and the most
densely populated countries of Tropical
Africa.
• It is also one of worlds most poorest
countries.
• Gambia is a multi – party democracy
which achieved independence from UK
in 1965
• Gambia’s official language is English,
although the majority speak on the tribal
languages.
• Main feature Of Gambia, is the river Gambia The River Gambia is a geographical feature
and it is widest at Cape St Mary . It narrows to
5km (3 miles) at Banjul (formerly known as
Bathurst), located on St Mary’s Island and has
a deep sheltered harbour.
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• BANJUL: It is a significant town as the centre
of governance and also the only town with a
substantial area. The National Museum is a
major landmark. Other attractions of Gambia
includes the MacCarthy Square.
• The Atlantic coast to the south of Banjul has
some of the best beaches in all Africa with nearly
15 hotels in the Banjul, Kombo and St Mary
area.
• WILDLIFE PARKS: One can catch a glimpse of
a wide variety of fauna like crocodiles, monkeys,
birds and antelopes at the Abuko Nature
Reserve.
• . Another wildlife park is the Kiang West National
Park
• The river with its abundance of flora and fauna
along its shores and the creeks also called
‘bolongs’ are a paradise to anyone who enjoys
Nature.
• Export earnings – foreign currency receipts
• outstrip
Export exports
earnings
– foreign
currency
receipts
of any
product
or service
outstrip exports of any product or service
• Employment- provided an estimated
• 10,000
Employmentprovided
an estimated
Gambians
with stable
employment in
10,000
Gambians with stable employment in
this
sector
this sector
• Rural opportunities – tourism jobs can be
• created
Rural opportunities
– tourism
jobs can be
in undeveloped
rural areas
created in undeveloped rural areas
• Infrastructure investment- e.g. airports,
• roads
Infrastructure
investment- e.g. airports,
etc
roads etc
• Tax revenues – provides government with
• extra
Tax revenues
– provides
government with
tax revenues
each year
extra tax revenues each year
• GDP – contributes about 16% of GDP. In
• 2000,
GDP approximately
– contributes about
16%tourists
of GDP.
In
100,000
visited
2000,
approximately
100,000
The
Gambia
which earned
the tourists
country visited
an
The Gambia
estimated
$35which
millionearned the country an
estimated $35 million
• Environmental Damage – Deforestation has been
done to built hotels and etc
• Children are forced to work as prostitutes
• Traditions have been destroyed, Several cultural
sites have been bulldozed to make way for hotels
and resorts.
• Profit leakage, most profit made is not even kept by
the locals, its often sent back to the operating
countries.
• Conflicts have resulted over the distribution of
recourses.
• Environmental Damage – Deforestation has been
done to built hotels and etc
• Children are forced to work as prostitutes
• Traditions have been destroyed, Several cultural
sites have been bulldozed to make way for hotels
and resorts.
• Profit leakage, most profit made is not even kept by
the locals, its often sent back to the operating
countries.
• Conflicts have resulted over the distribution of
recourses.
 Began in 1992
 Main Aim: Implement Ecotourism
 National Environment Agency (NEA) advised
government that ecotourism could:
 Help lessen the pressures on land due to
agricultural expansion.
 This would be done by offering an alternative
income and raising awareness of the value of
conserving natural resources.
 Focused on the Gambia’s natural resources,
culture and history.
 Aids conservation efforts and does not impact
negatively on natural resources
 Generates economic activity and retains income
locally in a sustainable way, particularly in rural
economies
 Is alternative to the existing sun-sea-sand tourism
on the coast.
 Encourages positive cultural exchange and
minimises negative social impacts.
 Provides an element of education or awarenessraising for visitors and Gambian nationals.
 Successful; e.g. Tumani Tenda – first rural
community to complete an ecotourism development
 It has become something of a flagship ecotourism
project.
 Villagers from all over The Gambia visit on a
regular basis to find out about the project to learn
how it is run.
 Villages in Gambia suffer from emigration, with
young people feeling their future lies in the towns
and cities; but Tumani Tenda has shown the
traditional way of life can adapt to accommodate
and embrace the modern world.
 Sustains the natural environment as well as
improving the quality of everyday life for locals.