A camp Mar Lodj in the Sine-Saloum 

Tourism in Senegal is the second largest source of foreign exchange after fishing. It currently represents a turnover of 300 billion CFA francs, and in some places it is the first provider of income.The Senegal has enormous strengths in the regional and international market, but its tourism industry is experiencing difficulties and the country is also facing competition from new destinations such as Mauritania and Cape Verde islands.

Many efforts have already been made to improve the road network and decongest the capital. To reassure visitors, it was also necessary to ensure their security and tranquillity in a few places such as the Sandaga market Dakar-Plateau or the Lac Rose. Without going as far as the hero of the novel Aminata Sow Fall, The strike Bàttu the government has however announced the creation of a tourist police. The National Agency for the promotion of tourism (ANPT) was launched in 2004. The first stone of a new airport, the international airport Blaise Diagne, was raised in 2007.

The state now hopes to welcome 1.5 million tourists by 2010 and 2 million by 2015, if possible more evenly distributed over time and the espace9. How many are there now? In the absence of tools for the record, it is difficult to be precise. That is why the introduction of an entry visa was envisagée10. According Pope Abdoul Niang, the union employers in the industry and tourist hotels in Senegal 11, are now 700000, but that figure seems high, in comparison with previous data.