L'Aventure
Culturelle et Sportive S.A.S is a Senegalese based tour operator that is ready
to bring French tourists to destination Gambia on a new trail called Stone
Circles of Senegambia Trail.
Stone
Circles of Senegambia Trail is mainly to bring interested tourists from French
countries among other places to destination Gambia to visit the Kerr Batch and
Wassu Stones Circle sites located in Nianija and Niani in Central River Region
(CRR) The Gambia as well as stones circle sites in Senegal.
Graziano
Tevere, president of ACS, during his recent visit to The Gambia, a trip
facilitated by the minister of Tourism and Culture, Hamat N.K. Bah, disclosed
that their aim was to valorize cultural heritage in destination Gambia as they
are already doing in Senegal.
"The
new project aims to make the stones circle sites - Wassu and Kerr Batch closer
to people through the Stone Circles of Senegambia Trail" considering the
importance of regional tourism to the destination.
He stated
that the project already has the blessings of the Ministry of Tourism and
Culture.
He also
expressed appreciation for support received from the director of museums in
Senegal and director general of NCAC in The Gambia.
He said
there are lots of hidden histories in the stones circle, saying he came with a
team who are interested in stones circle which includes historians, archaeologists,
and surveyors among other experts.
The ACS
president emphasised that having a Senegambia Cultural Passport will enable
visitors on Stone Circles of Senegambia Trail to move to and from Senegal and
Gambia without any encumbrance.
The sightseeing
tour of the Gambia stones circle sites were conducted by the director general
of the National Centre for Arts and Culture (NCAC) and joined by Gambia Tourism
Board (GTBoard), deputy permanent secretary at the Ministry of Tourism and
Culture (MoTC) and officials of the tour operator, L'Aventure Culturelle et
Sportive S.A.S. The team from Senegal was led by Gaziano Tevere, president of
ACS among others.
The Gambia
stones circle sites were among the 851 properties from 144 different countries
listed and noted as World Heritage Sites in November 2007 and remains part of
the legal territory of the state where the site is located and UNESCO considers
it in the interest of the international community to preserve each site.
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