Gambia Tourism in Crisis - Senegambia Hotel Terminates Contract of 41 Staffs
29 December 2020
By Sanna Camara
The impact of Covid-19 pandemic on The Gambia is throwing the tourism sector into deep crisis as one hotel terminated employment contract of its long serving staff members.
Some 150,000 Gambians are said to be employed in the tourism industry, among them is Mr Lamin Njie. He is among the 41 staff members of the hotel whose employment was terminated by the hotel management.
Having worked for Senegambia Hotel since 2006, he rose through the ranks to become the senior supervisor in his department. Today, his life is faced with uncertainty as his services came to abrupt halt at the hotel thanks to what management attributed to Covid-19 pandemic.