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Tourism in Somalia

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I have checked google for info about tourist attractions, but no results other than this article, even under alternative spellings. Significantly, too, there is no mention of Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers for Somalia here, contrary to the claim made in article. Almost certainly a hoax, albeit a clever one. LordVetinari (talk) 10:33, 20 April 2011 (UTC)

• Delete No sources given; information in the article is deeply suspicious, e.g. the implausible, and implausibly precise, "tourism [is] 89.23% of the country's gross domestic product". AndrewWTaylor (talk) 11:59, 20 April 2011 (UTC)

• Strong keep Article from The Economist exclusively about the subject. Book which looks like it probably contains decent coverage. Has the nominator checked out those potential sources yet? ╟─TreasuryTag►international waters─╢ 13:05, 20 April 2011 (UTC)

• Comment I agree that someone wishing to create an article about tourism in Somalia may indeed find resource material. However, for how long will this article remain in its current form until those potential sources are studied, mined and utilised. Therefore, the question here is not whether the topic is worth keeping but whether the article is salvageable in its current form. I say it isn't on the following grounds:

1. Percentage of gross domestic product: Unless I'm extremely ignorant about the social and political climate in Somalia, I doubt the accuracy of the uncited figure. As for which Somali government is developing tourism, last I checked there were about three, none of which could claim to be the government for a clear majority of Somalis, let alone to have any control over the tourism industry throughout all or most of Somalia.
2. Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP): I assume this is a mistaken reference as there is no mention of such a paper here.
3. Tourist attractions: There's a curious emphasis here on subjects that would be likely to spring to mind if all that is known about Somalia relates to piracy, warfare and weapons.
4. Districts: The districts referred to in the article are not mentioned in any of the Somali region articles, all of which list their constituent districts. Incidentally, I have a passing familiarity with the customary transliteration of Somali and I wouldn't be surprised if several of the presumably-Somali words in the article are indeed Somali. However, I suspect "Haaah-Khaaah-Raaah" is just as Somali as "wao yu sum dum gai" is Chinese.

In other words, pending reliable sources, I stand by my nomination of this article (in its current form) as being worthy of deletion. Incidentally, I should point out that this nomination is not to accuse the article creator of vandalistic intent. I credit him/her with more intelligence than that. LordVetinari (talk) 14:21, 20 April 2011 (UTC)

• Keep, Speedy perhaps First of all, "how long will it..." is meaningless, the article is only one day old, if the topic is notable, it is unreasonable to expect it to be fully sourced in less than 24 hours. Second, not all of Somalia [in shambles], just most of it, so the idea of tourism being the leading source of income in a country half torn apart from civil war and without any heavy industries is plausible. This economist article would be sufficient to demonstrate notability. I had already tagged the article for refs, which should have been sufficient. It doesn't belong at AFD at all and not sure why it is here. The primary complaints are about content, which is an issue for the talk page, not AFD. Subject matter is obviously notable. Dennis Brown (talk) 14:35, 20 April 2011 (UTC)