A short boat ride away from the capital Libreville, soft white sandy beaches, lush greenery, and a national park teeming with wildlife, of the Pointe-Denis peninsula could be one of Gabon’s best kept secrets. The African nation which touts itself as the “Last Eden” is hoping to double the number of foreign tourists it attracts a year, likely to be priority for the winner of the April 12 presidential election.
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00:00I want to discover the Baie des Tortures because usually I see it on social media and I tell
00:12that if we have good tourist places like that, I have to discover it.
00:18We have a difference in international.
00:36On jette!
00:48We have created this concept of tourism community at Pointe-des-Nines.
01:02It is to allow the Gabonese Lambda,
01:06with those who have salaries from 100 to 200 to 250.000 francs,
01:11to be able to visit Pointe-des-Nines,
01:14to be able to know the riches and beauty of Pointe-des-Nines,
01:21first of all of our Congo and the Gabon.
01:35This is a sign of identification.
01:37We are a bit in a kind of vicious circle, a kind of toiboi.
01:49It means that, as well as we want to open up to other communities,
01:57but, in the same way, we must preserve this mystic side.
02:04And I believe that if we find the right combination,
02:10I think that tourism will have more facilitation to exploit it.
02:18We don't have the tourism culture.
02:35Whether it be the leaders, whether it be the population,
02:38we don't have the tourism culture,
02:40because we have put an accent on oil.
02:42And we have forgotten the tourism potential of other countries,
02:45because, I say very frankly,
02:48the Gabon can live without tourism.
02:50That's the first problem.
02:51And we are putting an accent on this tourism culture.
02:54We are going to form those who are in support,
02:58but we are going to form all the population.
03:01And we are going to form those people.
03:04That's the thing.
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