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tisme
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 Posted - 17 May 2008 : 12:07:29
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Does any one know the tourist figures for last year and this years summmer season or where they can be obtained?
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lurker
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Posted - 18 May 2008 : 11:58:48
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22680 for nov 2007 compared to 14400 nov 2006, up 52%.
if that sets the trend for the past season, maybe people are wrongly pessimistic. but that was before the credit crunch hit. brits are still the biggest proportion of visitors of that figure, model age group 45-49! 201 by sea, spanish, dutch and about 12 by land.
have not seen figures for the rest of the season. probably take months to process and release.
i have e-mailed the gambia tourist authority for their figures - not expecting a response any day soon, however! |
Edited by - lurker on 18 May 2008 12:02:15 |
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toubab1020
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Posted - 18 May 2008 : 15:46:28
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Thanks Lurker 52% increase no country would think that bad! could you tell if these were reliable figures,i.e. could you obtain figures from more than one source?
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"Simple is good" & I strongly dislike politics. You cannot defend the indefensible.
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lurker
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Posted - 18 May 2008 : 16:57:21
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| just googled gambia tourist figures and found the article for nov 2007 |
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snuggels
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Posted - 18 May 2008 : 18:45:20
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Interesing figures for the month of November and not being the summer season
So 22680 devided by 4 weeks = 5670 devided by say 300 passengers per plane = 189 planes per week I dont think so not even in the high season |
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lurker
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Posted - 18 May 2008 : 18:48:15
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your maths is wrong!
that should read 18.9 planes per week , from all original destinations...easy!
in the heyday of the 90's there were 100-120,000 per season, dropping to 75 000 a few years back.
general perception is of a poorer last few years , but not the worst.
wait til this past seasons figures are complete and then compare with next years. i think there will be a big fall from euorpean destinations, especially england.
unless they massage the figures..... |
Edited by - lurker on 18 May 2008 18:50:53 |
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tisme
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Posted - 18 May 2008 : 20:44:40
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| So whos kidding who and why. You only had to go round the bars and restraurants this year and see that they were noticeably less busy than last tear and in the summer season and all the owners were saying how less busy they were this year So why fudge the figures because it can not be admitted that the revalueing of the Dalasi has had an inpact effecting all Gambians |
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snuggels
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Posted - 18 May 2008 : 20:54:50
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| Sorry yes your right I made a mistake the figure should of been 18.9 not 189 Ok lets call it 190 planes per week that 38 per day over a 5 day period and if they fly 7 days a week which I dont think they do even so if they did its its 21 planes a day I dont belive it Its a lie |
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snuggels
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Posted - 18 May 2008 : 21:07:11
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| opps sorry wrong again 19 planes per week sorry guys you can work it out |
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toubab1020
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Posted - 18 May 2008 : 21:19:41
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| I am no good at Maths either!! |
"Simple is good" & I strongly dislike politics. You cannot defend the indefensible.
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jambo
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Posted - 19 May 2008 : 15:44:27
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GUESTI MATION TIME 19 planes a week is good for gambia,
19 x 300 PEOPLE each plan = 5,700 passengers per week,
4 weeks pe month (average)
4 x 5700 = 22800 per month season bottom line 4 months top line 6
4 months x 91,200 passengers
6 months x 136,000 passengers.
did Gambia receive that amount of visitors from Oct 07 till march 08 if they did then figures are ok.
I hope that helps.   
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snuggels
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Posted - 19 May 2008 : 23:10:26
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If thats right its very very good. So who are the plane operators and how many flights a week do each of them operate in to Gambia.
The ones I know of>
Gambia Experience 4 flights?
Thomas Cook (summer Season Only) 2 flights?
SpanAir 2 flights
Holland I dont know the name 2 Flights
Thats 10 planes so who are the other 9 ? |
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Momodou
Denmark
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Posted - 20 May 2008 : 08:49:01
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| Snuggles, there are weekly flights from the Scandinavian countries during the winter months (ca. 3 per week). SN Brussels also have weekly flights (ca. 3 per week) and Condor Air too have weekly flights from Germany. |
A clear conscience fears no accusation - proverb from Sierra Leone |
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snuggels
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Posted - 20 May 2008 : 09:54:23
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Ok thats another 3 Who are the airlines?
So now it appears we are down to 6 left @ say 300 passengers per flight = 1800 |
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jambo
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Posted - 20 May 2008 : 10:55:28
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| I THINK it might be SLOK or some other african airlines. |
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snuggels
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Posted - 20 May 2008 : 14:10:35
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The figure of 22680 tourists for one month in November is a very good figure bearing in mind that it is the WINTER period. This figure which has been pointed out equates to 19 flights per week @ say 300 passengers per plane.
But one must remember not all flights are full and there are occasions that flights have been cancelled through lack of sales.
Not with standing that I did some research on the number of flights for the summer and winter periods.
Summer Winter
BRUSSELS AIRLINES 2 2
CONDOR 0 1
SPANAIR 1 1
THOMAS COOK 0 2
THOMSONFLY 2 1
FIRST CHOICE 0 1
MONARCH AIRLINES 2 2
TRAVEPORT 1 3
TOTALS 8 13
These figures were obtained direct from the airlines so it appears there are more flights in the winter which is hard to believe.
So the winter figure of 13 flights leaves a shortfall of 6 flights totaling 1800 passengers per week * 4 weeks = 7200 per month which leaves only 15480 which is still impressive IF TRUE
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