The advent of the 22nd July Revolution of 1994 has indeed impacted on economic development in all sectors of the country's economy but one area which the Revolution has propelled to an even greater height is the country's tourism sector.

The tourists’ off-season has always been characterized by slow businesses due to the low inflow of tourists into the country, and by now many of those who open their stalls in the various tourists markets spread across the country spend a better part of the day chatting or drinking attaya. TODAY takes a walk to the Bakau tourists market where the marketers take our correspondent on a journey of current realities.

The Association of Small Scale Enterprises in Tourism (ASSET) in collaboration with the Banisto Cultural Foundation of the Kingdom of Spain has recently concluded a series of training programmes for its members. The training included courses on customer service delivery, book keeping, and housekeeping as well as gender issues.