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Gambia seeks to diversify tourism sector after pandemic doldrums

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On a beach outside a luxury hotel near Banjul, the sun loungers lie empty beneath the palm trees and straw parasols, and the waves roll in undisturbed by bathers. The smallest country in Africa, The Gambia promises sunshine and good times in abundance, but its major clientele — holidaymakers fleeing the chill in Britain — have stayed away. The tourist season should have hit its stride in October, but business has been hit for the second year running by the Covid-19 pandemic. “This is a typical Gambian beach,” says Malleh Sallah, boss of the four-star 140-room Tamala Hotel, his arms outstretc…

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