The airbus was received on arrival by officials of The Gambia Tourism Board and The Gambia Experience, marking the beginning of the 2020-2021 tourists’ season
Speaking to journalists shortly after the landing of the aircraft at the Banjul International Airport, Ousman Kebbeh, public relations officer at The Gambia Tourism Board who spoke on behalf of the director of GTBoard and the minister of Tourism, said their expectation was to see a very fruitful tourists’ season, noting “this is just the beginning with 147 arrivals as we are informed by Gambia International Airline (GIA).”
“We are glad to support our stakeholders like The Gambia Experience and Discovery Tours for transporting them.”
Oumie Ceesay, from The Gambia Experience, said it is unprecedented that “we have seen a maiden flight in December as we all know it’s all as a result of covid-19. So we are glad that traveling in confident is improving.
Foday Bah, E-Marketing IT manager at The GTBoard, said The Gambia Tourism Board has plans to ensure that we promote the destination and one of that is, “we have designed a new marketing strategy that will help us after the covid for marketing the destination.”
Fafa Ceesay, a politician and native of Kerr Katim village in the Naimina East District of the Central River Region has predicted that President Adama Barrow will win the 2021 Presidential election, claiming that the entire Naimina East District would be a-no-go-area for Gambian oppositions.
Sheriff Kijera, chairman of Gambia Centre for Victims of Human Right Violation has claimed that the country’s reform agenda is being hijacked by enablers of former President Yahya Jammeh.
Brazzaville – The World Health Organization (WHO) finds that 18.3% of COVID-19 deaths in the African region are among people with diabetes, one of the conditions that global studies have found to increase the risk of severe illness and death among patients infected with the virus.
The Ministry of Health has issued a press release imposing a three thousand dalasi charge on every intending traveler requiring a covid-19 test certificate effect from 11 March 2021.
