Uganda's Barkcloth Showcased at the African Textile Museum in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. The barkcloth and the Ankole long-horned cattle have been showcased at the African Textile Museum in Stone Crest, Atlanta, Georgia as a part of Uganda’s cultural heritage. The event dubbed “Bark-cloth to the Roots”was organized by the Ugandan
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Parkview Safari Lodge owner Dickson Katehsumbwa displays before Parliament's Committee on Trade, Tourism and Industires pictures of the destroyed multi-billion-shilling investment. The Ministry of Tourism, Wildlife and Antiquities is seeking an allocation of 130 billion Shillings to implement human-wildlife conflict mitigation measures. The Ministry says that the Wildlife Authority has
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By Lilly Ajarova On 21st January 2022, the Uganda Tourism Board (UTB), the Official Government of Uganda’s tourism marketing and regulatory agency launched our long-awaited tourism destination brand— Explore Uganda, The Pearl of Africa. The refreshed brand—Explore Uganda, The Pearl of Africa, which was officially unveiled by H.E Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, is
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Minister of Tourism Tom Butime (Right) and Dicksons Kateshumbwa (Sheema Municipality MP) while appearing before the Trade and Tourism Committee Sheema Municipality MP, Dicksons Kateshumbwa aka Katesh has threatened to wage a legal battle against Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) over a fire that gutted his Shs7Bn lodge in Queen Elizabeth National Park.
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Uganda Airlines is committed to promoting Uganda’s tourism sector Uganda Airlines is positioning itself as the carrier for tourists regionally and globally in the long term. In an interview with this website on how the national carrier intends to promote Uganda’s tourism potential, Shakila Rahim Lamar, the Corporate Affairs & Public
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Minister for Tourism and Dr Ian Clarke proprietor Coffee Lodge at Clarke farm The Minister for Tourism, Wildlife and Antiquities, Tom Butime yesterday opened the first ever Coffee lodge in the country at the “Clarke farm” in Kasaba sub county Kyenjojo district.During the launch, Butime disclosed that the government has
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President Yoweri Museveni launching the Pearl of Africa Destination Brand at Kololo ceremonial grounds on 21st Jan 2022 As the world starts to recover from the effects of the pandemic and opening up borders and skies to global tourism, Uganda, has refreshed its tourism destination brand promise, with the unveiling of a
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Olympic champion Joshua Cheptegei yesterday excited hundreds of fans who turned up at Kigambira for the Run In The Wild activities. This was after the athlete flagged off the the hundreds of runners who had gathered at the start point at inaugural Kigambira marathon in South Western Uganda. Later, the
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Although tourism one the fastest growing revenue earning sectors in all countries in the world, it has also left women behind, and this is something some ladies came up to tackle Judith Mirembe, the chairperson of Uganda Women birders says that they want to break the norms and barriers imposed
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Hon. Daudi Migereko (left) is the Chairman UTB and Prof. Katende. M. Suleyman (right) is a Board Director, UTB By Hon. Daudi Migereko and Prof. Katende. M. Suleyman The past two years have been difficult ones. As we come to the end of 2021, it only reminds us of all
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