TOURISM IN THE GAMBIA
by Gyanwa Amoah
1. BENEFITS OF TOURISM
1.1. Increased employment
1.2. Tax revenue gained by government
1.2.1. Increase in infrastructural development
1.2.2. Economic growth
1.3. Increase in GDP
1.3.1. increase in economic growth
1.3.2. Higher standards of living
2. ISSUES WITH TOURISM
2.1. Growth of the sex industry
2.2. conflicts as a result of unequal distribution of resources
2.3. Displacement of the local people
3. PROFILE
3.1. Population size of 1.1million people
3.2. Human index of 0.281
3.3. Official language: English
3.4. Multi-party democracy
4. ECONOMIC PROFILE
4.1. Groundnut production
4.1.1. overdependency on groundnut production
4.1.2. provision of employment opportunities
4.1.3. 70% of women working in industry