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 Excites Hundreds Of Fans At Kigambira Run In The Wild
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
Read MoreWomen Birding To Bridge The Gap Between Men & Women Within The Nature Guiding Industry
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
Read MoreMichael Atingi-Ego, the BoU Deputy Governor The Bank of Uganda (BoU) has asked all Supervised Financial Institutions (SFI) to continue providing credit relief for one more year to borrowers in education and hospitality sectors who are still negatively affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The credit relief measures that the BoU
Read MoreTour Operators Count Losses As Tourists Cancel Trips To Uganda Over Covid-19 Tests At Entebbe Airport
Isa Kato says tourists are cancelling tips to Uganda over delays in releasing Covid results at the airport Tour operators are reporting losses following cancelation of trips to Uganda by tourists. The operators say tourists are citing delays in releasing Covid-19 test results on arrival at the Airport as the
Read MoreThe Uganda Tourism Board (UTB) has urged Government to provide an additional funding to a tune of Shs3.3bn to promote Uganda’s tourism at the ongoing Dubai Expo despite questions raised on the partial expenditure of Shs360M the Board received in the first batch of funds. While appearing before Parliament’s Trade, Tourism
Read MoreMPs Grill UTB Officials For Spending Half Of Dubai Expo Budget On Travel & Per Diem
MPs on Parliament's Tourism, Trade and Industries Committee today quizzed officials from Uganda Tourism Board (UTB) after discovering that half of the Shs360M budget was spent on travel and per diem of the officials at the Dubai expo. Lilly Ajarova, Chief Executive Officer at UTB informed Parliament that although the Board requested for Shs3.4bn
Read MoreFirst Daughter, Diana Museveni Kamuntu (pictured) has asked government to focus on developing new tourism products and increase funding to the sector. President Museven’s younger daughters says focus should be on infrastructure like roads and s hotel that will attract more tourists into the country. She made the call during the launch of
Read MoreA delegation from India and local tour guides pose for a photo during Gorilla tracking in Bwindi/Courtesy photo The Minister of State for Tourism, Martin Mugara has defended the proposal by Parliamentary Committee on Trade, Industry and Tourism to introduce a Tourism Development Tax. The minister was launching the parliamentary
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