Tourism In Mali Fades Away As Instability Leads To Hardship -- The Guardian
Even Timbuktu fails to attract visitors after three-quarters of country becomes a no-go zone.
Lounging on the soft, weather-beaten cushions inside a pinasse, one of the wooden handbuilt boats with a wicker canopy that sail along the Niger river, the tourist guide Gorel Sidibe looks out at the city of Ségou. "You see this area? It's empty everywhere."
Ségou, capital of the ancient Bambara kingdom, used to be the start of the tourism trail to northern Mali. From here, tourists would sail along the wide river through the arid lands and dunes to Mopti, Gao and the historical region of Timbuktu where Sidibe would take visitors camel trekking in the desert.
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My Comment: Yup ..... having religious fanatics running amok and who have a habit of kidnapping foreigners for ransom has a tendency to kill the tourist trade.
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