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Author : Lee Davidson & Mondher Sahli
School/Work Place : Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
Contact : mondher.sahli@vuw.ac.at
Year : 2010

This case study complements recent research on FDI in tourism in African countries conducted by the United National Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). These projects aim to better understand the pro-development effects of tourism and tourism FDI in developing countries. The Gambia was chosen because of the significant role that both tourism and FDI have played in this country. An assessment of how tourism FDI impacts on the economy is made using data collected from a sample of foreign and locally owned hotels via an in-depth questionnaire, plus key informant interviews with stakeholders in the tourism sector. To determine the impact of FDI, a comparison is made between foreign and local hotels within similar categories (upmarket, midmarket and budget) in terms of a number of factors including employment, profitability, environmental sustainability and community linkages. This case study also discusses the challenges to tourism-induced development in The Gambia and the ways to enhance its socioeconomic contribution to poverty reduction.


List of Articles
No. Subject Viewssort Date
7 Think Tank XIII Conceptualising a Framework to Analyse the Factors Inf... file 19049 Nov 06, 2013

As the tourism industry continues to grow globally, sustainable tourism development has drawn interests among researchers, practitioners, governments and stakeholders. There are several studies on the local residents’ support for tourism, lo...

Author: Samuel Folorunso Adeyinka-Ojo, Catheryn Khoo-Lattimore & Vikneswaran Nair 

Year: 2013 

6 Think Tank XIII Tourism investment and sustainable development: A comp... file 15277 Nov 06, 2013

Despite the growing importance of foreign direct investment (FDI) for tourism in developing countries and its perceived importance for stimulating sustainable development, few empirical studies have examined its impact. This paper explored t...

Author: Lee Davidson & Mondher Sahli 

Year: 2013 

» Think Tank X How Fragile is Tourism Development in West Africa? The... file 10012 Oct 13, 2013

This case study complements recent research on FDI in tourism in African countries conducted by the United National Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). These projects aim to better understand the pro-development effects of tourism...

Author: Lee Davidson & Mondher Sahli 

Year: 2010 

4 Think Tank X Sustainable Tourism Networks file 8105 Oct 13, 2013

This study examines the existing pattern of stakeholder relationships representing major partners of sustainable tourism development. By utilizing a network analysis lens the study also helps us understand the impact of inter relationships ...

Author: Seldjan Timur 

Year: 2010 

3 Think Tank IX Sustainable Tourism Development Plan for the Old City ... file 8085 Oct 13, 2013

This research aims to propose a sustainable tourism development plan for the City of Nan. Since the year 2000, Nan civil society leaders, national and international stakeholders have tried to develop Nan into a world heritage destination. I...

Author: Donruetai Kovathanakul 

Year: 2009 

2 Think Tank IX What do sustainable tourism researchers value? An anal... file 7403 Oct 13, 2013

Sustainable Tourism has emerged as a major field of specialisation within tourism and has been so pervasive that some have suggested that the field represents a fifth platform of tourism research, while others have argued that the field has...

Author: Pierre Benckendorff 

Year: 2009 

1 Think Tank X Innovation of and in Informal Actor Network file 6256 Oct 13, 2013

How the informal sectors create and share innovation in gaining competition is very important in tourism development. Commonly, informal sectors are embedded in their routines and lack of innovation capacities. Based on the case of pedicab ...

Author: Maya Damayanti 

Year: 2010 

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