By Aloysious Kasoma Tourism sector, Uganda’s top foreign exchange earner has potential to economically transform but it is being held back by limited creativity, investment and connection, a top industry player has said. Tourism contributed nearly US$7.3bn to Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the financial year 2015/2016. This translates into
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Uganda’s Civil Aviation Authority Executive Director, Dr. David Kakuba has explained for the first time why British Airways quit Uganda over two years ago. In a statement, British Airways said it was stopping all flights to and from Uganda as they are "no longer commercially viable". This was blamed on
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By Aloysious Kasoma Uganda Tourism Board (UTB) has announced strategies to grow Uganda’s tourism revenue from US$1.4bn to US$2.7bn (Shs9.8 trillion) by 2020. This was revealed by UTB Chief Executive Officer, Stephen Asiimwe during the launch of this year’s Pearl of Africa Tourism Expo (POATE) on Monday at UTB offices
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A Kenyan minister has criticised the government's ban on the smoking of water-pipe tobacco, commonly known as shisha, in public places. Tourism Minister Najib Balala is quoted as saying that the move was "miscalculated", and will harm the economy, Kenya's privately owned Daily Nation newspaper has tweeted. Kenya's health ministry
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Tourism state minister Godfrey Ssuubi Kiwanda has unveiled plans of using sports to promote domestic tourism. Speaking to the press on Wednesday during the unveiling of a sports only content company, Sports Broadcasting, Kiwanda said that Uganda targets 4 million tourists next year but sports has been benchmarked as one
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Dubai-based flydubai’s inaugural flight touched down Friday at Kilimanjaro International Airport, increasing capacity to Tanzania and further expanding its network in Africa to twelve destinations. flydubai will offer six flights a week to Kilimanjaro, three of which are via a stop in the capital, Dar es Salaam and will increase
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Kenya has again been voted as the world’s leading safari destination by the World Travel Awards. Kenya overcame fierce competition from other African safari destinations such as Uganda, South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Kenya scooped the prestigious award during a grand ceremony that took place at JW
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Tanzania faces blow-back from its recent VAT introduction with its all-important safari industry struggling to maintain its leading position in East Africa. The remarkable decline in Tanzanian booking requests received by SafariBookings.com – the largest online marketplace for African Safari Tours – highlights the damage being caused to that country’s
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Uganda’s leading Hotel and Safari Lodge have been named at the World Travel Awards 2017 held on Tuesday evening in Kigali, Rwanda. Kampala Serena Hotel was voted as the best in Uganda for the 5th consecutive year. It beat of stiff competition from Hotel Le Petit Village, Laico Lake Victoria
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Kenya’s popular Maasai Mara National Reserve was voted Africa’s leading national park at the World Travel Awards 2017. The Mara overcame fierce competition from Kidepo Valley National Park from Uganda, Kruger National Park in South Africa, Serengeti National Park in Tanzania, Central Kalahari Game Reserve in Botswana and Etosha National
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