Holiday package tourism and the poor in the Gambia

Figures & data

Figure 1. The Gambia: location and main tourist hotels

Figure 2. Tourist expenditure and the distribution of benefits

Figure 3. Tourism growth

Figure 4. Economic power of international tour operators

Figure 5. Low season package value chain (excluding tourist discretionary expenditure) Note: As seasonality is a strong feature of Gambian tourism, the effect of this seasonality is better explored through separate high season and low season value chains, rather than an aggregate

Figure 6. Peak season package value chain (excluding tourist discretionary expenditure)

Figure 7. Gambian tourism value chain 2005 (including package and discretionary spending)

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