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Gambia, The Smiling Coast (2010)

Gambia, The Smiling Coast poster
Genre
documentary film
Country
Spain

How it feels

This documentary looks at tourism in Gambia. It shows how the industry brings money but also causes problems like begging, sex tourism and poverty tourism.

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What happens

Gambia, the Smiling Coast est un film réalisé en 2010. Ce documentaire plonge dans les arcanes du tourisme en Gambie, montrant à la fois ses bienfaits et ses méfaits. Cette industrie est en effet une source essentielle de revenus dans ce pays d’Afrique de l’Ouest, mais ses travers sont nombreux : tendance à la mendicité, tourisme sexuel, recherche de moyens de migration… Un commerce pernicieux qui ne profite qu’à quelques-uns et dont le paroxysme est le tourisme de la pauvreté. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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