‘It’s cheap, safe and is in the same time zone as the UK’
The Gambia likes to be known as the “smiling coast”. Photos/FILE
Its history covers one of the darkest periods of Africa’s past but its future appears bright as increasing numbers of western tourists see Gambia as an alternative destination to Kenya and Tanzania.
As one of the smallest nations in sub-Saharan Africa, both in terms of size but also numbers (only around 1.5 million people live there), Gambia was a relatively undiscovered destination for tourism until the 1977 publication of Alex Haley’s book Roots, which traced the American author’s ancestors back to the mighty River Gambia, from which the country takes its name.
