{"id":8731,"date":"2025-09-25T11:50:06","date_gmt":"2025-09-25T11:50:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/visitthegambia.com\/?p=8731"},"modified":"2025-09-25T12:16:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T12:16:12","slug":"the-official-commencement-of-the-2025-2026-tourism-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/visitthegambia.com\/?p=8731","title":{"rendered":"THE OFFICIAL COMMENCEMENT OF THE 2025\/2026 TOURISM SEASON"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture and The Gambia Tourism Board are pleased to announce the arrival of the maiden flight from the UK, marking the official commencement of the 2025\/2026 tourism season. The inaugural flight, operated by Gambia Experience, is scheduled to land at Banjul International Airport on Saturday, 4th October 2025, at 1 :30 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To celebrate this important occasion, special arrangements have been made to ensure a warm and memorable welcome for arriving visitors. The event will feature cultural performances that showcase The Gambia’s rich traditions and diversity of destinations to be covered by the local and international media outlets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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The welcoming of the maiden flight represents more than the start of the season; it is a milestone for Destination Gambia, symbolising the country’s continued growth and appeal as a leading tourism destination in Africa. It sets a positive tone for the months ahead, reinforcing The Gambia’s reputation as “The Smiling Coast of Africa.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture, and The Gambia Tourism Board extend their appreciation to all partners and stakeholders for their collaboration and support in making this event a success story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For Media Inquiries, Please Contact: info@gtboard.gm
mobile: +220 7272922<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In recognition of its exceptional efforts in positioning The Gambia as one of West Africa\u2019s leading travel destinations, the Gambia Tourism Board (GTBoard) has been honoured as the Tourism Marketing Agency of the Year \u2013 West Africa by African Travel Quarterly (ATQ).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8735,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"quote","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[19,22,23,24,25],"class_list":["post-8731","post","type-post","status-publish","format-quote","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-magic-places","tag-adventure","tag-guide","tag-map","tag-photos","tag-travel","post_format-post-format-quote"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/visitthegambia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8731","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/visitthegambia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/visitthegambia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visitthegambia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visitthegambia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8731"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/visitthegambia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8731\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8748,"href":"https:\/\/visitthegambia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8731\/revisions\/8748"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visitthegambia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8735"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/visitthegambia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8731"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visitthegambia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8731"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visitthegambia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8731"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}