PRESS RELEASE 9th Kankurang Festival Slated For 23rd- 25th January 202 The Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture announces that the 9th edition of the Kankurang Festival will take place in McCarthy Island (Janjangbureh) from Friday, 23rd to Sunday, 25th January 2026. The festival is organized by the National Centre[Read More…]
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COVID-19 Test Requirements Lifted Amid Launching Of Major Tourism Project
The Minister of Tourism and Culture, Hamat Bah, stated on Tuesday that international visitors are no longer required to provide a negative COVID-19 test results they were asked to take before jetting into Gambia. Bah made the announcement at the launching of the Tourism Diversification and Resilience in The Gambia[Read More…]
Miss Gambia To Return After Two Decades
Beautiful and intelligent maidens will be doing the catwalk on December 30th in what could be described as the comeback of the Miss Gambia Beauty Pageant. Miss Gambia Beauty Pageant was first held in 1965 but it lost its shine in 2001 and has not been held since then. But[Read More…]

