Consequently, government said collection booths have been erected at the airport to manually collect the levy from passengers.
“Each departing passenger will pay US$20 whilst each arriving passenger will pay US$20,” says Gambia government.
In this regard, government advised airlines/operators to bring this development to the attention of their passengers.
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