Mbarara City Council has committed Shillings 100Million as part of its efforts to win the bid to host the East Africa Trade show 2022. Mbarara city is competing with Gulu city to host the East African Community Micro, Small, and…
The Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) has signed a $8m deal (about Shs30b) with Space for Giants, an international charity organisation, to protect and conserve Pian Upe Wildlife Reserve. The agreement seeks to raise new investment capital to restore the wildlife…
Uganda has scrapped taxes on airlines using the Entebbe International Airport, a move that will make it cheaper for transiting passengers to travel through the facility. The move, which may not augur well for Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA), which…
The Uganda Tourism Board (UTB) has announced that come January 1, 2023, all tourism players in the country will require to be registered, and licensed by the Board. The UTB Chief Executive Officer, Lilly Ajarova made the pronouncement while speaking…
Uganda Development Bank Ltd (UDBL), in partnership with the European Union, has announced a special call for eligible businesses in the tourism sector to apply for and receive up to Shs1 billion in grants and soft loans with flexible terms…
The rising costs of fuel and other essential items is expected to affect the growth of the domestic tour and travel industry, one of the reasons the sector has to find mitigating measures. The industry is mainly driven by transport,…
Uganda Tourism Board (UTB) on Wednesday launched its new destination brand Explore Uganda, The Pearl of Africa, as part of a tourism and media launch event held at the Sheraton Jumeriah Beach Resort in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The launch…
The Uganda Tourism Board (UTB) in partnership with Private Sector Foundation Uganda (PSFU), Uganda Tourism Association (UTA), Mastercard Foundation and Adventure Vacation Safaris are hosting a domestic tourism promotion tour at Murchison Falls in a bid to promote domestic tourism,…
Rwanda is being considered as host for the Trace Africa Music Awards, which are set to take place later this year. Earlier this week, Olivier Laouchez, the CEO Trace Music Group, visited the country with his team, where they checked…
Uganda Airlines has completed feasibility studies on a number of routes the National Carrier plans to fly to. Some of the routes in question include Mumbai in India, London in United Kingdom, Goma and Lubumbashi (both in the Democratic Republic of…
“All is not well at Uganda Airlines, again.” reports the aviation website Airspace Africa. With the national carrier currently being led by its third CEO in just two years of the Uganda Airlines project, board chairman Pereza Godfrey Ahabwe has…
The Uganda Tourism Board (UTB) has urged Government to provide 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…
The committee on trade, tourism, and industry has tasked the Uganda Tourism Board (UTB) to account for the 360 million shillings spent during the Dubai 2020 Expo. UTB led by its Executive Director Lilly Ajarova today appeared before the committee…
On September 8th, 2021, Parliament adopted a raft of recommendations to revive the economy, currently battered by the Covid-19 pandemic, key among which is the implementation of a Tourism Development Levy. “The Committee proposes a levy of $10 to be…
Uganda Airlines is planning to increase frequency on its Entebbe-Dubai route following impressive passenger traffic after the launch on October 7. Speaking at a launch ceremony in Dubai on October 9, the airline’s acting chief executive Jennifer Bamuturaki said that…