By Bimbola Carrol, founder, VSL TRAVEL, Freetown, Sierra Leone
Freetown was the final destination for the Budapest-Bamako Rally (the World’s largest humanitarian rally) again this year. This year’s event took approximately 19 days journeying through Hungary, Austria, Slovenia, Italy, France, Spain, Morocco, West Sahara, Mauritania, Senegal, Mali, Guinea and into Sierra Leone via Gbalamuya and Madina Oula entry points respectively. The almost 600 participants from over 40 countries spent one night in Masiaka, the second night in Bureh Beach before onward to Freetown. (Tourism Minister Memunattu Pratt ( fifth from right) from right) could be seen in photo with Vice President Juldeh Jalloh (fourth from right ) and President Julius Maada Bio ( sixth from right )
Bimbola Carrol
The Minister (of Tourism) in her speech paid tribute to VSL TRAVEL (Visit Sierra Leone) for introducing the Rally and its organizers to her Ministry prior to the first event here a couple of years ago. In my talk, I re-emphasized just how important this event is to the tourism industry and destination Sierra Leone in general.
Note from Editor: Here is a clip on the preparations for the Rally this year:
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