'Bumsters' to get the bum rush. (The Gambia).(tourism policy)

African Business | April 1, 2002 | Copyright

The 'travelphobia' induced as a result of September 11 could be the making of The Gambia's tourism expansion. The small west African country has set itself an ambitious new target for visitor arrivals. But first, says Dr Karamo Sonko. it must deal with the menace of the 'bumsters'.

Ten years ago, when I was a professor in Regis University's MBA Programme, in Denver, Colorado, I circularted a British tour operator (Thompsons Travels) brochures on The Gambia to my students. Hardly any of them could believe, at first, that they were looking at an "African" country. "Is ...

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