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Horny Brit grans told 'stop holidaying in our country – look for toyboys elsewhere'
The small West African nation has long been a sanctuary for older women seeking a lover or partner, but it's now fed up with its reputation as a sex hotspot for mature women from Britain and Europe
Horny British grans flocking to The Gambia on the prowl for toyboys have been urged to holiday elsewhere — as government officials beg for "quality tourist
The small West African nation has such a reputation for promiscuous pensioners seeking younger lovers it has been dubbed "The Gran-bia". But tourism chiefs fed up with its moniker as a hotspot for tourists dubbed ‘Dirty Sarahs’ and ‘Dirty Harrys’ said: "What we want is quality tourists. Tourists that come to enjoy the country and the culture, but not tourists that come just for sex."
Sex tourism in the country has been thriving since the 1990s when budget package tours to the former British colony became popular.
A documentary called "Sex On The Beach" shocked viewers when reporter Seyi Rhodes lifted the lid on bars filled with elderly white women looking for younger Gambian men.
Thousands of Western women now travel to the region's resorts every year, turning it into a real-life Tinder for randy holidaymakers
The practice is so common there that gigolos known as 'bumsters' are rife on every beach and in every bar and restaurant on the country’s popular Senegambia Strip.
One pensioner told Seyi that the country was "paradise" because you can have a different man every night. And despite pleas for them to stay away, dozens of lusty women were back on the hunt for muscular young men.
Near Banjul, the nation's capital, the Senegambia strip has turned into a mecca for solitary British seniors, resembling Benidorm-style getaways, while tourism itself punches in at about 20 per cent of the country's GDP.
And the popular Kololi beach resort is regularly swarming with women from Sweden, Russia, Germany, Holland and the UK who will often initiate contact by asking for massages, locals say.
Many locals fear men often enter relationships for financial gain as the country is gripped by economic crisis with low wages and scarce job opportunities, which has created widespread poverty.
Although sex work is illegal in The Gambia, men who entertain the cougars could well receive potentially "life-changing" financial gifts that could help support their struggling families.
Kausu Samateh, a local tourist guide, told The Telegraph: "People are poor here, so they have no choice. They think it is better to go to Europe where they will have a better life. They hope that the old ladies will take them."
British mum-of-nine Heidi Hepworth, 51, left her husband of 23 years and converted to Islam so she could marry her Gambian fiancé Mamadu 'Salieu' Jallow, who she met online and is 14 years her junior.
Heidi said in 2018: "No one imagined this would last but we love each other and are making plans to marry. I've never been happier."
Despite the criticism, some women have hit back and insisted it's "just a bit of fun". Barbara, 65, from Dartford, Kent, told the Sun: “I don’t know what all the fuss is about. I’m not doing anything illegal.
"If you go to somewhere like Thailand you see loads of old men with young girls, but no one talks about that.
"The minute a woman gets together with a younger man, there’s an uproar and we’re called cougars and sex tourists. I came here for a bit of fun and I’m not harming anyone.
"If I want to take a good-looking bloke to my hotel room it’s no one’s business but my own.”
Daily Star Sunday
The small West African nation has long been a sanctuary for older women seeking a lover or partner, but it's now fed up with its reputation as a sex hotspot for mature women from Britain and Europe
Horny British grans flocking to The Gambia on the prowl for toyboys have been urged to holiday elsewhere — as government officials beg for "quality tourist
The small West African nation has such a reputation for promiscuous pensioners seeking younger lovers it has been dubbed "The Gran-bia". But tourism chiefs fed up with its moniker as a hotspot for tourists dubbed ‘Dirty Sarahs’ and ‘Dirty Harrys’ said: "What we want is quality tourists. Tourists that come to enjoy the country and the culture, but not tourists that come just for sex."
Sex tourism in the country has been thriving since the 1990s when budget package tours to the former British colony became popular.
A documentary called "Sex On The Beach" shocked viewers when reporter Seyi Rhodes lifted the lid on bars filled with elderly white women looking for younger Gambian men.
Thousands of Western women now travel to the region's resorts every year, turning it into a real-life Tinder for randy holidaymakers
The practice is so common there that gigolos known as 'bumsters' are rife on every beach and in every bar and restaurant on the country’s popular Senegambia Strip.
One pensioner told Seyi that the country was "paradise" because you can have a different man every night. And despite pleas for them to stay away, dozens of lusty women were back on the hunt for muscular young men.
Near Banjul, the nation's capital, the Senegambia strip has turned into a mecca for solitary British seniors, resembling Benidorm-style getaways, while tourism itself punches in at about 20 per cent of the country's GDP.
And the popular Kololi beach resort is regularly swarming with women from Sweden, Russia, Germany, Holland and the UK who will often initiate contact by asking for massages, locals say.
Many locals fear men often enter relationships for financial gain as the country is gripped by economic crisis with low wages and scarce job opportunities, which has created widespread poverty.
Although sex work is illegal in The Gambia, men who entertain the cougars could well receive potentially "life-changing" financial gifts that could help support their struggling families.
Kausu Samateh, a local tourist guide, told The Telegraph: "People are poor here, so they have no choice. They think it is better to go to Europe where they will have a better life. They hope that the old ladies will take them."
British mum-of-nine Heidi Hepworth, 51, left her husband of 23 years and converted to Islam so she could marry her Gambian fiancé Mamadu 'Salieu' Jallow, who she met online and is 14 years her junior.
Heidi said in 2018: "No one imagined this would last but we love each other and are making plans to marry. I've never been happier."
Despite the criticism, some women have hit back and insisted it's "just a bit of fun". Barbara, 65, from Dartford, Kent, told the Sun: “I don’t know what all the fuss is about. I’m not doing anything illegal.
"If you go to somewhere like Thailand you see loads of old men with young girls, but no one talks about that.
"The minute a woman gets together with a younger man, there’s an uproar and we’re called cougars and sex tourists. I came here for a bit of fun and I’m not harming anyone.
"If I want to take a good-looking bloke to my hotel room it’s no one’s business but my own.”
Daily Star Sunday