Client

Government of The Gambia
Ministry of Tourism and Culture
(The World Bank)

Location

The Gambia

Period

2023 – 2025

Project description

Keios supported The Gambia’s Ministry of Tourism and Culture in evaluating 65 tourism sites to select 10 priority locations for development and preparing project briefs. The project included GIS analysis, fieldwork, stakeholder consultations, and investment planning to promote sustainable tourism across the country.

Scope of Services

  • Inception phase with stakeholder engagement and preliminary research to align objectives and methods
  • Field visits and a comprehensive assessment of 65 tourism sites
  • Scoring and prioritisation of sites based on defined performance indicators
  • Development of a national GIS database to support spatial analysis and planning
  • Stakeholder consultations across tourism, heritage, and community sectors
  • Preparation of 10 site-specific project briefs with architectural concepts, capital cost estimates, and economic impact analyses
  • Integration of climate resilience, hazard risk, gender, and community considerations