Uganda Tourism Board Archive

A letter from the Permanent Secretary to the Treasury made it official that the hugely controversial introduction of an 18 percent VAT charge on upcountry safari accommodation had been scrapped at last: ‘I wish to …

The Uganda Tourism Board, aka Tourism Uganda, is ending the year with a flurry of consultative workshops to take on board input from the private sector. One of the initiatives is the UNDP supported cooperation …

November 3rd, it is. Mark that date, which is actually just a matter of days away. In fact, as you read this, Pakwach town in Nebbi district, West Nile, is chock-a-block on all sorts …

A team of 40 German astronomers, tourists and “eclipse hunters” are set to come to Uganda to watch the rare hybrid solar eclipse in the country next month. Addressing journalists at the Media Centre …

The November 03 total eclipse of the sun, a rare ‘hybrid eclipse’ will be best viewed from Uganda’s north east and tour operators are now gearing up, with less than 10 weeks to go, to …

Anyone wanting to track gorillas in Uganda’s two national parks where they are found, Bwindi Impenetrable Forest and Mgahinga, are in for a surprise, should they plan to visit The Pearl of Africa in November this year. …

Figures just published put Uganda’s tourism earnings to over 1 billion US Dollars, significantly up from 2011 when estimates put tourism income to over 800 million US Dollars. The data are contained in a World …