从欧洲人到达后,海上商业道路通航,通布图的地位下降,失去了往日的繁华,现在只是一个贫穷的城市。但由于其历史的光辉,仍然是吸引旅游者观光的地点,同时也是七座伊斯兰教圣城之一[來源請求]。目前通布图的观光的点包括有1327年修建的津加雷贝尔清真寺(Mosquée Djingareyber)、已经成为一座博物馆的修建于15世纪的西迪·叶海亚清真寺(Mosquée de Sidi Yahia)和曾经是一所大学的桑科雷清真寺(Mosquée de Sankoré)。
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