Cape Town, South Africa | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda has been crowned this year’s Grand Prix and two times Gold award winner by the International Tourism Film Festival Africa for its film Explore Uganda – The Pearl of Africa. The film, premiered by Uganda Tourism Board is an invitation to …
Read More »3 lions electrocuted in Queen Elizabeth National park
Electric fencing, lodge owners on the spot Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | On April 26, the Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) announced sad news of the electrocution of three lionesses in Queen Elizabeth National Park. UWA said in a 110-word statement that “the lions were found dead on an …
Read More »UTB continues to explore opportunities for marketing Uganda’s tourism potential
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Tourism Board continues to explore opportunities that are key to boosting tourism sector receipts and contribute to economic recovery. The latest adventure that executives at the tourism agency went for related to the newly unveiled #exploreuganda destination brand which was on full display at this …
Read More »UTB leads Rotary leaders to Murchison Falls National Park
Buliisa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Tourism Board together with Private Sector Foundation Uganda supported Adventure Vacation Safaris to host a domestic tourism promotional tour dubbed, “Fellowship on the Nile” between March 25th to 27 at Murchison Falls National Park in Buliisa district. ’The other key partner in this was …
Read More »Uganda Tourism Board, Ireland Embassy greens Uganda’s independence monument
Kampala, Uganda | Julius Businge | On March 10, the Embassy of Ireland in Uganda and Uganda Tourism Board kicked off St. Patrick’s Day events in Uganda by greening the Independence Monument along Speke Road, Kampala as well as the Amahembe g’ente (Horns of the Cow) at Igongo Cultural centre in …
Read More »Uganda’s Mountain Gorillas go online
FEATURE | THE INDEPENDENT | On 21 January 2021, Uganda Tourism Board (UTB) launched a new tourism campaign dubbed “Explore Uganda”. This is an attempt to shift from the common norm of simply offering wildlife safaris, to exploring the “Pearl of Africa” as a whole. That is the street food …
Read More »UTB to use Valentine’s day to boost domestic tourism
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The tourism sector in Uganda is taking advantage of the growing culture of marking Valentine’s day to support the revival of the sector from a two-year underperformance caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. The planned activities include a two-kilometer walk in Kampala, which the sector leaders …
Read More »UTB unveils plan to boost tourism receipts
The country hopes to earn US$1.862billion next financial year Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Tourism Board has launched a six-month promotion campaign to further market destination Uganda to increase sector receipts as the world emerges from COVID-19 restrictions. UTB Chief Executive Officer, Lilly Ajarova, said on Jan.15 that the …
Read More »Uganda ready for return of tourists
Museveni Appeals To Tourists To Return After COVID-19 Disaster Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has made an appeal to the international community to embrace Uganda as a tourist destination again, after two years of low business. Launching a new Destination Uganda campaign, Museveni said that …
Read More »MPs question Uganda Tourism Board’s UGX360million expenditure on Dubai Expo
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | 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 which is probing into concerns …
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