Bibliography of Gambian Related Publications

Tourism

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Title: Travel Advice Or Trade Embargo The Impacts And Implications Of Official Travel Advice
Date: 1996
Source: TOURISM MANAGEMENT v. 17 no. 1 96 FEB p. 1-7
Author(s): SHARPLEY, R; SHARPLEY, J; ADAMS, J
Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to assess the extent to which the provision of official travel advice gives rise to the opportunity for tourism to be used as a political bargaining tool, Based on a case study of The Gambia, it suggests that the detail and accuracy of travel advice issued by government agencies may be influenced by broader political objectives and considers the implications of this for tourists and the tourism industry. It also questions the role of governments as impartial providers of travel advice.
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Title: Wider choice in a changing market. (winter sun destinations).
Date: 1996
Source: Travel Trade Gazette UK & Ireland; June 5 1996, n2215, p41(1)
Author(s):
Abstract: Specialist tour operators such as Belleair Holdiays are continuing a strong winter sun programme. Belleair is owned by Air Malta and is focusing on activity holidays in Malta. SunTours is planning to operate programmes to Turkey during next winter, and Argo Holidays is seeking to reintroduce Greece as a winter sun destination. A year round brochure will be launched by The Gambia Experience and Panorama Holidays is to feature Malta, Majorca and Tunisia. The Red Sea resort of Eilat continues to be popular.
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Title: Author's son helps clients trace 'Roots' to Africa. ('Roots' author Alex Haley; Bill Haley's Haley Family Corp.)
Date: 1995
Source: Travel Weekly; Nov 30 1995, v54, n95, p1(2)
Author(s): Pina, Michael
Abstract: Bill Haley's Haley Family Corp organizes tours to Juffure, Gambia, to which the Haley family has traced its ancestry. Each tour is accompanied by a Haley family member. The company also offers independently organized, week-long tours to destinations such as Dakar, Senegal. Haley's father, Alex, who died in 1992, wrote the best-selling book 'Roots.'
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Title: Discovery Guide to West Africa The Niger & Gambia River Route
Date: 1995
Source: ISBN: 0902743678 Trade Paper USD 39.00 R USD 79.00 R
Author(s): Naylor, Kim
Abstract: 224 p
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Title: Gambia - Michael Tomkinson's
Date: 1995
Source: ISBN: 0905500660 Trade Cloth USD 24.95 R; 0905500717 Trade Paper USD 16.95 R
Author(s): Tomkinson, Michael
Abstract: 96 p ill.
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Title: Gambia down but not out after failed coup. (tourist industry in Gambia following coup in 1994)
Date: 1995
Source: Travel Trade Gazette UK & Ireland; June 28 1995, n2167, p6(1)
Author(s): Quinton, Fiona
Abstract: The tourist industry in The Gambia is still in recovery following a coup in July 1994 and a failed counter-coup in November 1994. The majority of British tour operators withdrew from The Gambia after the Foreign Office recommended the country should be avoided by tourists. The Gambia lost 20 million pounds sterling or more during 1994/95 through lost tourism. British visitors will account for just 10,000 of the 40,000 visitors anticipated in 1994/95, compared with 65,000 out of 120,000 visitors in 1993/94. The tourist numbers are not expected to recover to 1993/94 levels until 1996/97.
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Title: Tourism In The Gambia Problems And Proposals
Date: 1995
Source: TOURISM MANAGEMENT v. 16 no. 8 95 DEC p. 571-581
Author(s): THOMPSON, C; OHARE, G; EVANS, K
Abstract: This paper analyses the development constraints which confine The Gambia to being one of the poorest countries in the world. The programmes designed to reduce these constraints are outlined. In particular, tourism is identified as an appropriate development strategy. Using primary data, tourism in The Gambia, its development and administation are described in some detail. Althoiugh a prima facie case can be made extolling the virtues of tourism in that country, the industry is beset by a range of problems. The juxtaposition of the country's growing reliance on tourism against increasing stagnation in the sector is a focus of particular concern. Constraints in the tourism sector are identified in the spheres of policy formulation and implementation, capital investment, human resource endowment, existing and potential tourist markets, seasonality issues and product resource base. For each constraint identified, a management strategy is proposed. In essence, the article is an advocation of sustainable tourism development for The Gambia based on long-term holistic planning, including appropriate resource development, community involvement, education and training.
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Title: West Africa: the rough guide
Date: 1995
Source: Second edition
Author(s): Hudgens, Jim; and Richard Trillo
Abstract: One of the best accounts of The Gambia for tourists. See chapter 3 pages 239-290.
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Title: Best promotions.
Date: 1994
Source: Nation's Restaurant News; Dec 19, 1994, v28n50, p. 89 (1 pages)
Author(s):
Abstract: Some of the best restaurant and food service industry sales promotions of 1994 are discussed. For example, McDonald's took customers back to their roots when it sponsored its Homeland Sweepstakes, which sent 42 individuals to Gambia, West Africa.
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Title: Danish State Railways has opened travel agency Buro Danemark in Kiel. (Brief Article)
Date: 1993
Source: Travel Trade Gazette Europa; Oct 7 1993, n559, p2(1)
Author(s):
Abstract: Buro Danemark, travel agency, has been opened by Danish State Railways DSB in Kiel, Germany. Products to be offered include summer house holidays in Scandinavia, together with Spies Rejser charter holidays to locations including the Gambia, Tenerife, Gran Canaria, and Agadir.
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Title: The Gambia & Senegal
Date: 1993
Source: Insight Guides Series.; ISBN: 0395662915 Trade Paper USD 21.95 R
Author(s):
Abstract:
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Title: Tourism in The Gambia : Some issues in development policy.
Date: 1993
Source: World Development; Feb 1993, v21n2, p. 277-289 (13 pages)
Author(s): Dieke, Peter U C.
Abstract: A number of issues arising from the design and implementation of tourism policies and programs in The Gambia are discussed. A description of tourism in the Gambian economy is provided, and the reasons for success in this sector are explored. A number of recommendations are put forward related to the need to increase earnings from tourism and to reduce the incidence of black markets. The overall conclusion is that a shift toward more cautious and flexible policies would benefit the tourism sector in The Gambia and thus make the programs intended to assist this sector more effective. It is on that basis that the country will attract more foreign tourists and improve the standards and quality of products. The programs must also be executed in a careful, sensitive, and planned manner that ensures the cooperation of the local communities.
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Title: Tourism policy and employment in the Gambia.
Date: 1993
Source: Employee Relations; March 1993, v15, n2, p71(8)
Author(s): Dieke, Peter U.C.
Abstract: The policy towards tourism employment in the Gambia, as a developing country, is discussed. It has been argued that more employment can be created within the tourist industry than within any other industry, but the seasonal nature of the work, foreign domination, and the low status and skill of jobs in tourism make this questionable, and need to be taken into consideration in policy formulation. A marketing-oriented solution, related to country's image, for which the government has a role, is needed to tackle the problem of seasonality. Training programmes are needed to enable local people to become qualified and progress career-wise, possibly with the aid of experienced overseas countries. The Gambian government's withdrawal from its operating function in the industry, whilst cooperating with the private sector, will help a competitive environment to be created.
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Title: Wto unites in fight against terrorism.
Date: 1993
Source: Hotel & Motel Management; Nov 22, 1993, v208n20, p. 4,22 (2 pages)
Author(s): Campbell, Debe.
Abstract: Unity in an effort to fight terrorism was the highlight of the 10th biannual assembly of the World Tourism Organization (WTO). Held in October 1993, the event attracted a record-breaking attendance that represented more than 100 nations. A major triumph for WTO, emphasized at the assembly, was its improved financial condition. The group gave approval for 12 countries to join its ranks, including Albania, Bosnia Herzegovina, Croatia, and El Salvador. Indonesian Tourism Minister Joop Ave was elected as WTO president for a 2-year term beginning in 1994. Full memberships were suspended for failure to meet financial obligations. Countries having their membership suspended include: Afghanistan, Bolivia, Burundi, Gambia, and Grenada. An Asian support office for WTO was approved and will be opened early in 1994 in Japan as part of the association's decentralization efforts.
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Title: For the Contrasts
Date: 1990
Source: Cruising World, Vol. 16, (January 1990), 54-59
Author(s): Hazel, Julia
Abstract:
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Title: Insight Guide Gambia-Senegal
Date: 1990
Source: ISBN: 0134710207 Trade Paper USD 19.95 R
Author(s): Insight Guides Staff
Abstract:
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Title: Riding the tourist boom. (tourist trade in the Third World; includes related articles)
Date: 1989
Source: South; August 1989, n106, p12(6)
Author(s): Westlake, Melvyn; da Costa, Peter; Hurtado, Maria Elena
Abstract:
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Title: Camping Out in West Africa: Close Up VIews of Village Life in Senegal and Gambia
Date: 1988
Source: New York Times (March 27, 1988)
Author(s): Stokes, Frances Clarity
Abstract:
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Title: West Africa, A Travel Survival Kit
Date: 1988
Source: Lonely Planet Publications, Berkeley, CA
Author(s): Newton, Alex
Abstract:
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Title: The Africa That Few See: A Journey Beyond the Usual Tourist Sights in Senegal and Gambia
Date: 1986
Source: New York Times, March 2, 1986
Author(s): Dodson, Angela
Abstract:
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Title: Tourism And Culture Change In West Africa Bakau Old Town: A Case Study (The Gambia).
Date: 1986
Source: Thesis (ED.D.)--THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, 1986. 285 p.; Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 47-06, Section: A, page: 2217.
Author(s): STEFFEN, BARBARA DIANE.
Abstract: Raymond Noronha (1979) observes that the life style of tourists may differ from that of their host population. Whether this will result in changes in the host population value systems depends on the method by which these are transmitted. Twenty years ago, when the first Swedish tourist stepped onto Gambian soil, the newly independent Republic of The Gambia was virgin territory for tourism development. This case study of Bakau Old Town, a community adjacent to the tourism development area, focuses on its changing physical and socio-cultural environment and on the role played by tourism in those changes. Tourism, promoted as a cure for the economic ills of The Gambia, is also perceived as a cause of growing social ills, prostitution, crime, alcohol abuse, and a changing value structure produced by exposure to the modern world, to new life styles and to the values of other cultures. Throughout Bakau's colonial history there has been close contact with diverse foreign cultures. In particular, western influences in education and on the economy have been factors in the gradual process of culture change in The Gambia. Exposure to new peoples and new ideas occurred through a variety of means: missionary schools, trade, wage employment, war-time activities and improved means of transportation and communication. A multifactorial approach, that is, obtaining data through a variety of research instruments, was undertaken to provide a holistic explanation of events from the inception of tourism in 1965 to the present. The research instruments chosen included archival research, oral history, interviews (structured and open-ended with residents and selected individuals), direct observation and personal documentation (essays by secondary school-age children). From the information obtained, eight hypotheses were generated and recommendations made to provide a basis for future research.
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Title: Beyond the Beach: The Gambia
Date: 1985
Source: Geographical Magazine (September 1985), 509-511
Author(s): Naylor, K.
Abstract:
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Title: The Niger & Gambia Rivers From Kano to the Atlantic Via Timbuktu
Date: 1984
Source: Series: Travelaid Guide Bks.; ISBN: 0902743333 Trade Paper USD 11.95 R
Author(s): Naylor, Kim
Abstract: 198 p ill.
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