This is not the usual scene here at this beach here in Gambia. Ideally, as the yuletide approaches the beach would be full of tourist but the story changed since the emergence of Covid 19.
In Banjul and elsewhere in the Gambia, the tourist season has been on since October but there is little or no signs of tourists here.
At Tamala, a four-star resort near Banjul, the restaurant is virtually empty an unusual scene during a tourist season.
We see a little bit of rebounding of tourism after Covid, but let’s say, right now, it’s somewhere around 25% of where we should be.” Malleh Sallah, manager of Tamala beach hotel said
Though Covid 19 travelling restrictions has made travelling unattractive for many, this couple from Netherlands decided to while away some time here at this Gambian beach.
They are not alone, an…
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