Tourism sector in any country is a significant contributor to that country’s wealth, providing not only revenue from tourism-related activities but also supporting many worthy causes.
The need to promote responsible tourism is paramount, and it is against this background that the Child Protection Alliance-CPA, with support from ECPAT Netherlands, recently held a two-day capacity building training for Hoteliers, Tourist Securities, media practitioners and police officers on Code of Conduct of Gambia Tourism Board for child protection from sexual exploitation and child sex tourism.
Held at Baobab Hotel and Resort in Kololi, Mr. Njundu Drammeh, Executive Director of Child Protection Alliance the participants that each year over one million children are exploited in the global sex trade, most often this constitutes child trafficking, child pornography and the sexual exploitation of children in travel and tourist destinations.
The need to promote responsible tourism is paramount, and it is against this background that the Child Protection Alliance-CPA, with support from ECPAT Netherlands, recently held a two-day capacity building training for Hoteliers, Tourist Securities, media practitioners and police officers on Code of Conduct of Gambia Tourism Board for child protection from sexual exploitation and child sex tourism.
Held at Baobab Hotel and Resort in Kololi, Mr. Njundu Drammeh, Executive Director of Child Protection Alliance the participants that each year over one million children are exploited in the global sex trade, most often this constitutes child trafficking, child pornography and the sexual exploitation of children in travel and tourist destinations.
