Events & Publications

As the annual Janjanbureh Kankurang Festival fast approaches, members of the organizing committee of this important cultural festival, led by their president, Muhammed L. Saidykhan, yesterday, paid a courtesy call on the Minister of Tourism and Culture, to inform him about the state of preparations for the event, which is slated to take place from […]

Earlier today, our Honorable Minister, Abdoulie Jobe, had a fruitful discussion with members of the Template Tree Investors, from the Republic of Turkiye, concerning tourism investment and promotion in The Gambia. While presenting their ideas, the delegation expressed their desire to build hotels of different types, salons, shopping malls, coffee shops, bars, and restaurants among

A day-long stakeholders’ workshop for the preliminary designs and cost estimate for the protection of the West Coast beaches and Kunta Kinteh Island was on Thursday 26th September, 2024 held at the Sunset Hotel, Cape Point. Following the completion of the data collection and risk assessment, promising solutions were identified in a long list of

Honorable Abdoulie Jobe, the Minister of Tourism and Culture has revealed that his Ministry, through the Tourism Diversification and Resilience Project (TDRP), has engaged the services of Royal Haskoning DHV to conduct comprehensive feasibility studies of Kunta Kinteh Island, aimed at developing preliminary designs that would guide the appropriate intervention measures to protect the Island

Over the weekend, a group of about 125 Senegalese students wrapped up their nearly month-long school holiday break in The Gambia, known as Colonie De Vacances. They were lodged at the Bakadaji Hotel in Kololi. The educational trip allowed the students to learn about The Gambia’s rich cultural diversity, visit historical places, and thereby contribute

The Honorable Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture, Abdoulie Jobe, accompanied by stakeholders in the tourism sector recently briefed the Vice President of the Republic, on their state of preparedness for the 2024/2025 tourist season. According to Honorable Jobe, the briefing was necessary because of the significant contribution that the tourism sector is making to

The Banjul New Year Cultural Festival Committee under the guidance of the National Centre for Arts and Culture on Wednesday, 4th September 2024 held its third meeting at the Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture in Banjul. Chairing the meeting, Honorable Abdoulie Jobe, Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture, commended the different groups who attended

His Excellency Dinkar Asthana, the Indian High Commissioner to The Gambia based in Dakar, Senegal, has promised to continue strengthening the bilateral relations between Banjul and New Delhi. High Commissioner Asthana made this affirmation during a courtesy visit to the Honorable Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture, Abdoulie Jobe at his office in Banjul on

The Honorable Minister of Tourism and Culture, Abdoulie Jobe, on Tuesday 27th August 2024 opened the two-day Tourism Stakeholders Dialogue at the Pencha MI Hall in Kololi. The forum aims to update tourism stakeholders on preseason tourism arrangements and all other issues impacting tourism hospitality and culture and collectively map out strategies confronting the broader

The Ministry of Tourism and Culture in collaboration with The Gambia Tourism Board is organizing a two-day Stakeholders Tourism Dialogue Forum slated for 27th to 28th August 2024 at the Pancha Mi Hall in Kotu. The forum will provide a platform to update tourism stakeholders on preseason tourism arrangements and all other issues impacting tourism