The West African nation of Senegal has moved its North American tourism promotion office to Atlanta after 30 years in New York.  

The office traded the Empire State Building for a Buckhead address, the Pinnacle Building at 3455 Peachtree Rd., said El Hadji Aziz Gueye, the office's director. 

Mr. Gueye and his sole associate arrived in late September after signing a lease on the small office in August. Senegal's tourism minister had announced plans to move the office in December 2008, but it took some time to work out the details, said Mr. Gueye. GlobalAtlanta first reported in March 2008 that Senegal was considering an Atlanta move. 

While working on the move, one of the main incentives for coming to Atlanta evaporated when Delta Air Lines Inc. suspended a nonstop flight from Atlanta to Dakar, the capital of the former French colony. Delta maintains a flight three times ...