Mamadou
Bah, director of Quality Control at the Gambia Tourism Board, has said
community tourism would be more sustainable looking at the current situation of
tourism in the country, which is challenging.
The
GTBoard director of Quality Control was speaking to journalists during an
official tour of tourism facilities around the country.
He
said most of the facilities need to be standard because most of the hotels
require more beds and a conducive environmental, because some people are more
interested in knowing the real Gambia.
Bah
added that the tour by the tourism officials was to see the facilities, and in
total there are 42 tourism facilities upcountry that are registered and
licensed with the GTBoard.
Out
of this number, he said, they had visited at least two-thirds depending on the
schedule. He added that the tour was another important thing because it gave
them the opportunity to see the situation of the tourism facilities, as well as
the challenges.
They
also went with policy makers as well as administrators; so they know what they
are doing in the community, and also what type of investment they require so
that at least investors could be courageous enough to come out and try to
invest and develop the quality and the standard of the tourism facilities.
“Standards
is very important because they give you the measure as to whether this people
have met the minimum requirement or not,” he said.
