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Published 15:49 17 Aug 2022 BST
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Speaking to The Telegraph, director of the Gambia Tourism Board Abubacarr S. Camara said officials have had enough, and want tourists that go to enjoy the country and its culture, "not tourists that come just for sex."
He said the government is targeting higher-end tourists and millennials as opposed to older Brits.
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(Credit: Kärlek i Gambia - Outsiders, Khintus on YouTube)[/caption]
Tragically, the incentive for Gambian men to sleep with these old ladies, who also flock from countries like Holland, Sweden, Belgium, The Netherlands and Germany, is largely a lack of jobs and poor wages in the country. The men, known locally as "busters", wander the beaches looking for elderly women, who they hope will take them to Europe for a better life. Speaking to presenters on YouTube channel The 77 Percent, one Gambian man said children as young as 9-years-old are being preyed on by tourists.
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A group of people play volleyball on the almost empty beach in Cape Point, The Gambia in January, 2017 (Image: Getty)[/caption]
Despite this, some UK women are not ashamed of their sexual getaways. Speaking on in 2019, sisters Jackie Simpson and Julie Ramsey, in their 60s, explained how they have travelled to Gambia over 15 times, fallen in love and had multiple boyfriends, "who all say they're 36".
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The Gambia's previous dictator Yahya Jammeh is often held responsible for the struggling economy, and was accused of sexual abuse himself. But the country's new government is keen to reduce the number of both young men and women prostituting themselves as a result of poverty. They might even be bringing in a new law to make it easier for police to arrest "bumsters" and old ladies who are thought to be in relationships.
Tourists officials visited the the UK in June for conversations with and about boosting flights from London to Banjul, The Gambia's capital - though not to encourage anymore sex tourists.

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