The Gambia

For my first location I depart be analyze the Gambia. I prep are chosen the Gambia because its not a very life-sized body politic and theres plenty of information available for it. The Gambia is mainly a overwinter sun destination this means that most visitors go there when its moth-eaten here barely hot there in the months of November to February. Its a farsighted haul destination with a 6-hour flight and is Africas sm altogetherest field however 30miles all-encompassing and 300miles long and is known as the smiling cost.The Gambia is very popular because its a bird watchers paradise with tropical birds never seen before and in addition because everyone speaks side of meat in like mode it has famous museums to learn more about the slave concern same Roots. Majority of the population is Muslim. Development of tourism in the Gambia The phaetonry in Gambia started some 40 yrs ago, when Gambia got its independence from British rule in 1965 and has make upd every year from than.The development of hotels has had a definite addition with statistics recording around 660 touring car in 1965, than a very larger increase from 1975 with over 25, 000 and the latest records show an even larger increase with 112,986 tourists in 1998/99. This is a very large number of tourists considering that the population is only 1,367,124 (approx). The main increase is due to the all inclusive hotels were guest net income one price up front for all their food, drink and pastime in the hotel.The all inclusive hotels have been a problem because tourist do not bother to leave the hotel and see the natural dish and meet the local anesthetic anaesthetic mass which means they do not make headway from the tourist because they cant sell the souvenirs or other things and the tourist degenerate out because they do not get to explore the beauty of the coun take heed and leaven local cuisines which also means that local restaurants loose out. another(prenominal) problem is that not all of the money stays in the country because usually the hotels are foreign owned and the money reaches the mother lodge and this is when leakages occur.There are a few advantages due to the hotels which are that some local people get jobs in the hotels which means less unemployment and also the contribute to the local economy due to government taxes. The government did try to close the all inclusive hotels down because of all the problems they were causing but because of this tourist stopped coming all together so they had to forge them back again. The impacts of tourism on the physical environment Tourism in the Gambia has had both tyrannical and negative impacts.The infrastructure of the country has a bountiful part in the environment, the negative sides of the infrastructure are that building bet such as hotels and restaurants mean that large amounts of land has to be well-defined to make room for all the facilities which mean that the natural rainforest have to be cut down which also may mean the termination of habitat. There is a great deal of soil erosion and footpath erosion on frequently visited destinations, which in the future could cause problems.The positive sides are that with the new hotels and restaurants for the tourist they need to make basic things like clean running water, electricity and a sewage system, which bequeath also benefit the local people. Another advantage is that greater awareness on the interests in the landscape and vegetation is being taken, also there is a greater need for preservation of ancient monument. The impact of tourism on the local community Majority of the Gambia is Muslim who have very morose food, drink and dress regulations.Tourist especially from European countries who know runty about the belief may behave in an inappropriate manner while visiting there. Women lay topless on the beaches and men travel around half naked around the market area, this causes conflict among the tourist a nd local people because the locals were bought up to learn that those things are wrong. An precedent is if tourist walk around holding hands it would upset the local community because they think of that there children mite start to think its okey to do this.Because of the tourist the crime rate usually goes up because of tourist getting drunk causing disturbance, women getting raped and more medicate related crimes go up and this could also mean that the local people think this is the correct way to behave, this is known as the demonstration carry on this causes great conflict between generations because the new generation may think that there religion is old and out of date and change their handed-down morals and general behaviour.Also traditional ways of preparedness will be changed because most tourist want fast food so local restaurants will have to change there ways of cooking and also music and arts will be changed because of foreigners wanting TVs and radios. side of meat words will replace the local language. All this means that the local communities will loose there traditional way of life and will have to change to survive.It can also be argued that all of these problems are not all due to the impacts of tourism because in the modern beingness you have TV were the locals can see the lifestyle of foreigners and will try to copy it, reading magazines and also because of the people travelling to other countries all adds up to the changes.