Advertisement AdvertisementAdvertisement AdvertisementHowever, tourists have been missing from the UNESCO sites and many other landmarks for more than a decade now. Now there's nothing," said Sidy Keita, director of Mali Tourism, the national tourism promotion agency. The sector, which previously accounted for nearly three percent of GDP, now accounts for only one percent, Mali Tourism Minister Mamou Daffe said in July on public television. - Local tourists -Mali has tried to revive its tourism industry in recent years by focusing on domestic travellers. Advertisement AdvertisementAdvertisement AdvertisementMeanwhile, according to Keita, the director of Mali Tourism, about 100 Russian tourists visited for the biennial in Timbuktu.