Business, Travel & Tourism

New tourism board members told to double numbers

June 6

June 6—Tourism minister, Ephraim Kamuntu, wants total tourism numbers to top four million annually by 2020 […]

Read more
Business, Transport, Travel & Tourism

President Museveni touts Uganda Airlines revival to Airbus team

June 6

June 6—Over the weekend, President Yoweri Museveni, hosted a team from Airbus, the multinational aircraft maker, […]

Read more
Travel & Tourism

National park offers free entry to entice locals

May 30

May 30—Thousands of residents in the vicinity of Lake Mburo National Park (LMNP) swarmed the sanctuary […]

Read more
Travel & Tourism

Uganda touts first Tourism Day

May 26

May 26—Uganda’s first ‘Tourism Day’ is being launched on May 27 simultaneously at Lake Mburo National […]

Read more
Travel & Tourism

Uganda parks overseer trans-locates national symbols

May 25

May 25—Along with the Crested Crane, the Uganda kob features prominently on the country’s national seal […]

Read more
Business, Policy, Travel & Tourism

Uganda ranks highly in no visa for Africans

May 24

May 24—Seychelles, Togo and Uganda rank top for minimum fuss among the 22% of African countries […]

Read more
Business, The Business Interview, Travel & Tourism

Need to drum louder for tourists to come

May 19

May 19—Kelley MacTavish, well known in the industry for her enthusiasm in promoting Ugandan tourism, says […]

Read more
Business, Travel & Tourism

Tour operators pester for more gorilla permits

May 11

May 11— Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA), the watchdog of all national parks and game reserves, is […]

Read more
Travel & Tourism

USAID sponsors drive to spread tourism bug

May 9

May 9— Each tourist staying for more than three nights in Uganda leaves behind about $2000 […]

Read more
Hydro, Land & Agriculture, Travel & Tourism

Another fund set up to protect Great Lakes

May 8

May 8– Uganda is to benefit from the $500,000 African Great Lakes Conservation Fund which was […]

Read more