1.5 billion International tourist arrivals were recorded in 2019, globally. A 4% increase on the previous year which is also forecast for 2020, confirming tourism as a leading and resilient economic sector, especially in view of current uncertainties. By the same token, this calls for such growth to be managed
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A tweeter in Sudan, who has been leading a campaign to save five starving lions being kept in cages in Khartoum's Al-Qureshi Park, says one of the animals has been moved to a clinic because of its serious condition. He tweeted: "The extremely sick female was loaded this morning in
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A section of Kampala City Businessmen have condemned the controversial Religious Policy being tabled by government to streamline the work of religious leaders. Led by Collins Tugumisirize, they say the proposed law targets some religious leaders who have poked holes in it. They say the law if passed, will scare
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Ask any urbanite in the world, and they will probably tell you their city is the best. So, Flight Network set out to name the World’s Best Cities© by asking the experts — a 1000+ Travel Writers, Travel Bloggers and Travel Agencies from all around the globe, who have seen
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Celebrating the unique unifying power of diversity in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), a historic one-off Emirates A380 flight marking the 48th UAE National Day and the UAE Year of Tolerance took off from Dubai International Airport on November 29, 2019. Ugandans living in the UAE were part of the
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The flow at the Africa’s biggest waterfall is at its lowest since 1995, highlighting the threat posed by a drought to tourism and electricity generation in Zimbabwe and Zambia. Flow has slumped to 109 cubic meters-per-second (3,850 cubic feet) at Victoria Falls, a 1.7-kilometer (1.1 mile) curtain of falling water
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The Speaker of Uganda’s Parliament Rebecca Kadaga has lashed out at the Uganda Tourism Board (UTB) over failure to facilitate Miss Tourism Uganda for international competition, a thing she described as working to the detriment of promoting Uganda’s tourism sector. “It hurts that these youths keep coming up to market
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A total of 55 elephants have died of hunger and thirst at Zimbabwe's biggest game reserve in the last two months, the state-owned broadcaster has reported. Drought, caused by climate change, had led to shortage of food and water at the Hwange National Park, it quoted a wildlife official as
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Phiona Bridget Kyeru, 22, an Accountant from Busoga region has been crowned new Miss Tourism Uganda 2019/20, beating 24 contestants at the Grand finale held at Serena Hotel, Kampala on Friday, October 4. Premah Prossy Agwang emerged first runners-up while Jean Coprise Akullo emerged 2nd runners-up. Kyeru also walked away
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Tourism industry is a key foreign exchange earner for Uganda. Tourism is no doubt one of the main sectors of the economy. According to the Uganda Bureau of Statistics, Uganda received 1.8 million tourists in 2018, up from 1.4 million in 2017. In 2017, the 1.4 million arrivals injected about
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