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Russian Tour Operators, Others Visit The Gambia

A Russian delegation recently arrived in The Gambia on a familiarization trip, organised by The Gambia Tourism Authority (GTA) in collaboration with Gambia Matkat Oy in Finland. The aim of the trip is to bring tourist to The Gambia from Russia. Among the delegates are agents, tour operators and journalists. Speaking at a press briefing last Friday at Sheraton Gambia Hotel and Resort, Mr. Lamin Saho, Marketing Manager of  (GTA) welcomed the delegation to The Gambia. According to him, Gambia is a...

A chat with the GTA Boss

Alieu Mboge, the Director General of Gambia Tourism Authority (GTA), talks to Tourisphere about the tourism industry as well as the requirements one should fulfil to become a tour operator in The Gambia. What can you tell us about tourism in the Gambia? Tourism is very important to The Gambia and its economy. As you know it started in a small way some four decades ago and expanded rapidly to what it is today. In The Gambia today, we are having tourist arrivals running up to 350,000 annually....

Shenkh Eternity to explore The Gambia

The Gambia Tourism Authority has announced the maiden visit by Shenkh Eternity; a company based in Bristol (UK) and specialises in providing services in training media, arts and travel. According to the release, this visit is part of efforts to dispel misconceptions on Africa normally portrayed in the western media. The organization is set to fly in young people from the UK of African and Caribbean descent ranging between 50-60 cultural tourists. The release states that the week long visit...

Sunwing Craft market committee speaks

The arts of carving, especially wood carving has played and continued to play an important role in the development, promotion and preservation of the spirit of arts and culture in the Gambia and the world at large. Carving was at time a source of great pride and income to the average artist who adopted it a profession, but with passage of time up and running into the 21st  Century, the century best described as technological advancement age, the art of carving gets wither and dried on a daily...

New Eco-retreat launched

Mrs Nancy Njie, Secretary of State for Culture and Tourism, has officially inaugurated the opening and handing over of Sandele Eco-Retreat, an ethical development in support of the people of Kartong, at Kartong village in Western Region on Tuesday, 21 October 2008. Sandele Eco-Retreat is an innovative tourism enterprise, using highly eco-friendly building techniques to create market and low cost space for relaxation. In her opening remarks, SoS Nancy Njie said “already, areas for future...

Banjul to host Art exhibition

The city of Banjul will be coming back to life because of the planned cultural and artistic events scheduled to take place on Friday 24th October. Organised by KBJ Conference in collaboration with Oko Drammeh, a renowned Gambian promoter, the event is meant to showcase art works, musical events among others. According to Oko Drammeh, plans are also in the offing to open a new Radio station in Banjul called ‘Radio Banjul’ sometime early next year. He added that he is currently collaborating with...

Tourisphere; Mboka 2008

West African travel market fair Mboka 2008 was on Saturday 18 October, 2008, declared open at a colourful ceremony by the vice president and secretary of state for Women’s Affairs, Aja Dr Isatou Njie-Saidy at the Paradise Suites Hotel, Senegambia. West African countries were well represented at the trade fair. Each country and organization displayed their various products, culture and heritage in a very attractive manner. Despite just kicking off, the trade fair seems to be highly successful....

VP opens Mboka 2008

The vice president and secretary of state for Women’s Affairs, Aja Dr Isatou Njie Saidy, on Saturday, declared Mboka 2008 open on behalf of His Excellency, Alhaji Dr Yahya Jammeh, at the Paradise Suites Hotel. Mboka 2008 is a West African Travel Market organized by the Gambia Tourism Authority (GTA). It is a partnership initiated by the National Organization for the Indigenization of Tourism-Senegal and Association of Small Scale Enterprise and Tourism-Gambia to promote tourism for sustainable...

First tourist flight arrives

This year’s tourism season has kicked-off in ground style with the arrival of 201 (two hundred and one) tourists via Thomas Cook Northern Europe’s first flight, which arrived at the Banjul International Airport last Thursday. The first flight arrived at the Banjul international Airport at exactly 1505 hours. Nancy Njie, the secretary of state for Tourism and Culture, Alieu Mboge, director general of the GTA, and Kaliba Senghore, permanent secretary, Department of State for Tourism and Culture,...

Tourisphere: Count down to Mboka 2008, Banjul

The Gambia Tourism Authority (GTA) will, for the first time, bring together tourism businesses from across West Africa; Europe; and some other parts of the world to a market fair tagged Mboka 2008, Banjul. Mboka 2008 is the second West African Travel Market, scheduled for October 18-22. It is a B2B event that will bring together major actors involved in tourism and hospitality from West Africa and Europe. According to Mr Amadou Ceesay, director of Tourism, HR, the theme for this year’s West...