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…]
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Airport Conditions Dampen Gambia’s Prospects At London Tourism Fair
Tourism minister Hamat Bah and the Gambia’s delegation to next week’s World Tourism Fair in London have had their prospects for success dampened after it emerged the first port of aerial entry to Banjul has not met international standards of environmental hygiene. The Gambia government has been set in its[Read More…]
Gambia Signs $68 Million World Bank Grant To Revive Tourism
Gambia and the World Bank signed a $68 million grant on Tuesday to revive the ocean-facing West African country’s tourism sector, representatives of both parties announced at a ceremony. The grant is meant to support the diversification and climate resilience of tourism in Gambia, a country of around 2.1 million[Read More…]