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Re: Bumsters/Hustlers


Sadly the bumster situation is greatly exploited by the bigger hotels who greatly benefit from the bumster 'threat' as a way of keeping the tourists in their hotels and there by make the maximum profit within their establishments.


It is a great shame as many genuine Gambians get very little from the tourist trade but have a great deal to offer.


The presence of the Gambian army with guns and rather heavy handed tactics has cleared the bumsters from the Senegambia area but added to the problem as the hotels have used this new situation to emphasise the danger to tourists out on the streets. Happily many more tourists are coming out of the hotels and I hope readers of this website will do the same.

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We have read in the local Gambian Newspapers via the internet that the bumsters/hustlers are being cleared away from the beach and hotel areas. When we last came to the Gambia many tourists where afraid to leave their hotels, but we found that their precense added to the Gambian Experience.


It will take a lot away from the holiday and also cause a lot of extra poverty for people.


Interesting to see how other people view this situation.