Saint-Louis’ economy is a third important, yet critical,
facet of its identity. As is supported in thearticle, Saint Louis has economically declined since the transfer of the
Capital of French Western Africa in Dakar. This has caused the dispossession of
Saint Louis of all its past economic attributes and is said to have reached its paroxysm in 1960 when the capitol of the independent Senegal was
transferred to Dakar”. Saint-Louis, however, has remained an important tourist
and trading centerand the city's
economy, though