TOURISM

VIDEO: The Civil Aviation Authority has admitted blocking the operation of the new Uganda Aviation School, a private flying school for not fulfilling the aviation requirement to run a flying school. Much as the school was fully registered by the National Council for Higher Education, the Civil Aviation Authority maintains they can’t let …

ATC News by Wolfgang H. Thome Kampala, Nairobi and the Dar es Salaam are the cities visited by a delegation from Dubai Tourism working hand in hand with key partners like Emirates, FlyDubai and Kenya Airways together with DMC’s from Dubai like Alpha Tours and a number of hotels and …

  Uganda‬ was represented at the British Birdfair at Rutland, where the tourism board showcased the spectacular ‪‎bird species found in the country August 19-21. With over 1020 ‪‎bird species, Uganda has over 50% of the total bird species in ‪Africa and just over 11% of the world’s total.  It is one of the richest …

VIDEO: Entebbe International Airport is to attract more foreign flights including the World’s biggest passenger airliner, Airbus A380. Civil Aviation Authority Communications Manager Igie Igundura confirms, saying that once the expansion works are complete, the passenger airline that was designed to challenge Boeing’s monopoly in the large aircraft market, will …

VIDEO: A Ugandan minister has officially launched Rolex as one of business ventures in Uganda. The ministry of tourism and wildlife declared the start of the Kampala Rolex Festival this week with the minister saying the Rolex busines employs a big number of people.     Share on:

ATC News by Wolfgang H. Thome Following his 2013 Elephant Walk across East Africa, when he covered over 2.200 kilometres, Jim Justus Nyamu is again at it as he enters Uganda in the morning, coming from his walk through Tanzania, a boat ride across Lake Victoria, then on foot to …

ATC News by Wolfgang H. Thome Leading Zambian contender for the FIA Africa Rally Championship Muna Singh Jr. and his navigator sister  Jasmeen Singh have got a Rwanda Air boost to help them prepare for two key events in Rwanda and Uganda. Rwanda Air’s Zambian Country Manager Glyden Mungaila confirmed …

  As an artist in the Seychelles, the seed of a palm tree called the coco de mer or `coconut of the sea’ found in this idyllic cluster of islands of 93,000 people, never ceases to fascinate me. It is huge and strangely formed of two domed parts that, depending …

Visiting Dr. Gladys Kalema Zikusooka’s office in Entebbe one quickly gets a sense of what her work is about. A life-size gorilla sculpture stands by the front door under a porch lined with beautifully made stools with pictures of gorillas. Zikusooka, who is Uganda’s first Veterinary doctor to specialize in …

NBS: Etihad Airways in Uganda and NBS Television are targeting a partnership to support business and tourism between Uganda and Middle East, especially Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates. This was part of the discussion held between officials of the two companies, as a team from Etihad Airways visited …