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By Xinhua Published: May 20, 2021 02:33 PM The Gambia, the self-styled "smiling coast of Africa," is waiting and hoping for the return to normal from COVID-19, as the tourism industry, one of the country's major gross domestic product contributors, has been devastated after coming to a total standstill for over one year.
The tourism sector, which employs more than 150,000 workers, is the country's second-largest contributor of GDP after agriculture. When the coronavirus emerged in the country in March last year, the government was forced to shut down the industry and ordered people to stay at home to control the spread of the virus.
GambiaCape-verdeSenegalGhanaGambianLamin-tourayMusu-njieShiekh-tijan-nyangInstitute-forXinhuaGambia-tourismTourismFeature: Tourism workers in The Gambia reeling from effects of COVID-19
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18 May 2021, 03:55 GMT+10
BANJUL, May 17 (Xinhua) -- The Gambia, the self-styled "smiling coast of Africa," is waiting and hoping for the return to normal from COVID-19 as the tourism industry, one of the country's major gross domestic product contributor, has been devastated after more than one year of total halt. The tourism sector, with more than 150,000 workers engaged, is the country's second-largest contributor of GDP after agriculture. When the coronavirus emerged in the country in March last year, the government was forced to shut down the industry and ordered people to stay at home to control the spread of the virus.
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