Kenya’s 2012 tourism earnings to dip on euro crisis, attacks
NAIROBIÂ |Â Fri May 18, (Reuters) – Kenya’s white sandy beaches look set to have fewer visitor footprints meandering over them this year. While this may be good news for Europeans seeking escape from economic storms at home, it is bad news for Suresh Sofat’s tour firm and other Kenyans hoping to cash in on hard currency earnings More...
Rwanda: New partnership to boost cultural tourism
Rwanda Museums Director General, Alphonse B. Umuliisa NYANZA – The Institute of National Museums of Rwanda (INMR) has signed a pact with the Rwanda Agriculture Board (RAB) that will see the multiplication and More...
UWA launches tourism website
Screen of new UWA tourism website The Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) has launched a website portal with 10 micro-sites representing Uganda’s national parks to tap in the new wave of electronic marketing and More...
Virgin Atlantic’s withdrawal adds to Kenya’s tourism woes
As Virgin Atlantic announces it will cease flights to Kenya, Gill Charlton reports on the problems the country faces in attracting the volume of tourists it used to enjoy. Last winter saw a fall in tourist arrivals More...
Kenya’s tourism industry records growth
The Government’s effort to create an enabling environment and increase its marketing allocation to the tourism industry has yielded success. Tourism was among the few industries that realised growth in 2011, a More...
USAID donates sh50m to boost tourism in Uganda
Tumusiime (right) giving a milk pot to Blaser at Igongo Cultural Centre on Monday 7th May 2012 The United States Agency for International development (USAID) has earmarked $20m (about sh50m) to imÂprove tourism More...
As Kenya slumbers, SA scales up tourism drive
As the local tourism industry reels from the effects of poor funding by the exchequer, South Africa is going full throttle to woo the rest of world to visit the rainbow nation. South Africa’ Tourism Minister Marthinus More...
Uganda: Global warming threatens tourism site
A guide shows tourists parts of the caves that house Amabeere ga Nyina Mwiru recently. PHOTO BY FARIDAH KULABAKO. Popularly known as a traditional treasure for the people of Tooro Kingdom, the Amabeere ga Nyina More...
Protea Hospitality Group to train Uganda’s next generation of hoteliers
Protea Hotels Uganda and the Makerere University’s Business Faculty are signing an historic agreement today (Thursday, May 10) to train the next generation of world class hoteliers and hospitality industry managers, More...
Chef’s Symposium recently held at GeoLodges Uganda
When you visit a safari lodge, sip your cold beverage, full of ice cubes, beside a shimmering blue swimming pool and enjoy a meal that would challenge the standards of any premier restaurant, Have you ever stopped More...
