• TUI launched a three-year cultural-heritage and community-development project in Gambia.
• The project aims to diversify tourism beyond coastal resorts and create sustainable income for inland communities along the Gambia River.
• The program will build a Ninki Nanka center in Kotu.
• The center will include retail space for locally made crafts, training facilities, lodging, and an events venue.
• The center will support a planned “Ninki Nanka” tourism trail.
• The project targets more than 500 direct beneficiaries.
• The project expects a wider reach of 12,000 community members.
• The initiative aims to attract about 1,350 international tourists a year through six new cultural experiences.
• The initiative will document local storytelling traditions for the national archive.
• The initiative will develop marketable craft motifs.
• The initiative will publish a children’s picture book to support cultural transmission.

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