Another gorilla group prepared for tourism

Another gorilla group prepared for tourism Tuesday, 26th January, 2010
Uganda’s Bwindi impenetrable forest national park is home to over half of the 750 mountain gorillas that live in the wild. The Uganda Wildlife Authority in a bid to help sensitize and raise awareness about the plight of the endangered mountain gorillas has helped in [...]

Uganda’s Tourism Receives Boost

It is now about seven months since the governments put money aside to help boost tourism in Uganda and there is every indication the money is being used properly. The Minister of Finance and Economic Planning Ms Syda Bumba during the budget reading of June 2009 increase the tourism budget by approximately one million US [...]

Tourism: A key sector in Rwanda

Rosette Rugambwa is the Executive Director for the Rwanda Office for Tourism and National Parks (ORTPN). The Monitor’s Raymond Kalema and Muhereza Kyamutetera, talked to her about the performance of the industry. Below are the excerpts.
Rwanda participated in the recent ITB Berlin  Exhibition where she became the fourth, beating other traditional African rivals like Kenya. [...]