Top Tourism Destinations – Uganda 4th in the Top 10 In the top tourism destinations, Uganda has been named fourth in the top tourism destinations in the world by Rough guides, a leading travel publisher. The countries that were declared ahead of Uganda were India, Scotland and Canada. Coming after Uganda was Bolivia which was […]
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Pearl of Africa Tourism Expo dates for 2017 confirmed
Pearl of Africa Tourism Expo dates for 2017 confirmed Uganda Tourism Board has confirmed dates at which it will be hosting the third Pearl of Africa Tourism Expo 2017 (POATE-2017). The event will be held from the 17th to 19th, February 2017 at Kololo Independence Grounds in Kampala. The main objective of hosting the expo […]
Continue readingUganda Develops 4 New Tourism Products
4 New Tourism Products Unveiled Four New tourism products aimed at boosting Uganda’s tourism capacity have been unveiled. Thanks to the efforts by the Uganda Tourism Association (UTA) and Uganda Tourism Board (UTB) in conjunction with Trade Mark East Africa (TMEA) The above three bodies together with private tourism agencies unveiled the new tourism products, […]
Continue readingUganda To Triple Tourists’ Numbers
Uganda to Increase Tourist Numbers with Improved Road Networks to Attractions Uganda is planning to increase tourist numbers in the next coming five years 4 million visitors anually. This will be done through improving transportation networks to all the national parks and other attractions in Uganda. He again said that Uganda’s tourism attraction mainly gorilla […]
Continue readingUganda Tourism Gets Good Publicity in UK Media
Uganda’s exhibition viewed at the World Travel Market expo in London. In the recently concluded World Travel Market (WTM) expo that took place in London, Uganda tourism won wider publicity and keen interest in UK’s top media leading to inquisitive inquiries in the destination. World Travel Market is the largest tourism expo in the whole […]
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A New-Born Mountain Gorilla in Uganda
A New-Born Mountain Gorilla in Uganda On 11th November 2016, Baby Mountain Gorilla in Uganda was born. The Population of Mountain Gorillas in Uganda grew by one member when a baby was born in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. Bwindi, a park found in south western Uganda is a home to half the population of Mountain […]
Continue readingUganda to Organise African Birding Expo
Uganda to Organise African Birding Expo Uganda has launched a birding tourism campaign aimed at boosting bird watching in the country. The expo code-named, the African Birding Expo is slated to run from 18th to 21st November 2016 is being organized by Uganda Tourism Board (UTB). The campaign called “African Birding Expo’ is aimed at […]
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Uganda Tourism Earns Shs 7.3 Billion to the Economy
Uganda Tourism Earns Rise to Shs 7.3 Billion in 2015/16 The Uganda Tourism Earnings have risen. The Tourism sector continues to be one of the pillars of the economy bringing in closely to Shs7.3b to Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2015/2016 financial year. According to the figures from the 7th Annual Tourism Sector Performance Report, […]
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A Baby Mountain Gorilla Born in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
A Baby Mountain Gorilla Born in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park A new baby Mountain Gorilla is born in Bwindi, this is Good news to Uganda’s Tourism Fraternity !! On 22nd/08/2016, the new born gorilla was seen in Busharo area a day after it was born to Bunyindo which is one of the adult female in Bushaho […]
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Three Firms to Market Uganda Tourism Globally
Three Firms to Market Uganda Tourism Globally Three firms will market Uganda Tourism globally in a move to uplift and make tourism a competitive sector in the economy, the government has contracted 3 global marketing companies to represent the country in the widely publicized international travel markets. Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni offered the marketing contracts […]
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