Lamin Jawara, the general manager for the Gambia Ferry Services (GFS), has announced that GFS will introduce electronic ticketing system at its terminals in March 2022 to digitalise the system.
“The other service we want to introduce is e-ticketing system which will be launched in March 2022. We are currently working in finalising the application (APP) and after that, it would go through testing before deployment,” Jawara told journalists recently in a presser at Banjul ferry terminal.
GM Jawara said this service would enable ferry customers to receive quick response (QR) code on their smart phones upon purchasing tickets from ferries and revenue controllers would scan the code to authenticate the tickets.
Speaking further, he said customers without smartphones will receive short message service (SMS) with a number which officials will use to authenticate the ticket.
An e-ticket carries the same information as a paper ticket. The major difference is, an e-ticket is located…
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