Oumie Sise, Building our competitive base: What will it take for Gambia to compete: 5TH TAFCON 2020
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TAFCON2020 DAY ONE SESSION ONE: THE GAMBIA TOURISM INDUSTRY – WHICH WAY FORWARD?
Oumie earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration in 2005 from Cape Breton University in Canada, followed by a Master’s Degree in 2007 (MSC Tourism Management from the University of Surrey, UK; a leading university in Tourism Studies. She undertook her Master’s Thesis on Sustainable Tourism in The Gambia and transmits this knowledge through her passion of engaging in development activities that not only focus on economic growth but are socially empowering as well.
She has volunteered time in tourism education where she lectured at leading institutions in The Gambia and continues to engage in mentorship activities with girls especially.
Oumie joined Discovery Tours in 2006, a sole-proprietorship Ground Handling Operator established in 1993. Discovery Tours is the first Ground Tour Operator owned by a Gambian woman and still is one of very few that is managed by a woman in a predominantly male industry.
She also sits on the Board of The Gambia Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) and was nominated and approved to be a Member of the high-level, newly-formed National Business Council representing the Women, Youth, and Tourism sectors.
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