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Welcome to the
Smiling Coast:
Living in the
Gambian
Ghetto
New
documentary on
tourism in the
Gambia, West Africa
Welcome to the Smiling
Coast offers a rare insight into the daily lives
of fifteen youngsters who
are struggling to make
ends meet in the margins
of the Gambian tourism industry. Although
the smallest country on
mainland Africa, the
Gambia has become a
popular holiday destination for European tourists, especially among
older white women.
Since 2005 the country
typically receives over
100.000 foreign visitors
every year, earning its
reputation for being Africa’s Costa del Sol. Just