JINJA AS A GATEWAY TOURISM CITY. Plans to develop jinja city as a tourism gateway has been concluded by Uganda Tourism Board and Jinja Authority in the eastern part of Uganda. During the meeting between UTB, private sectors and jinja city council officials in jinja city Hall, the theme was about ‘the tourism potential for […]

    UWA ARRESTED YEMENI FOR TRAFFICKING 15KGS OF RHINO HORNS.   Yemeni was arrested by UWA at the airport for trafficking 26 pieces of Rhino horns which weighed 15 kilograms. On May 29, 2022, the identified suspect as Al-Maamari Maged Mutahar Ali was arrested at 3:10 am by the national conservation’s canine unit that is […]

  IN A DRIVE TO INCREASE TOURIST ARRIVALS FROM EAST AFRICA, KARIBU KILIFAIR WAS ORGANISED. From 3rd – 5th June 2022, Uganda’s tourism destination marketing agency is participating in this year’s Karibu KILIFAIR happening at Magereza Grounds in Arusha Tanzania in order to position Uganda as a preferred tourist destination in the East African source […]

Akagera national park. Akagera national park is located in the eastern part of Rwanda and is the biggest park covering 1122sqkm. The park was named after the Kagera River that flows from Tanzania passing via Rwanda. The park is blessed with amazing wildlife animals and different bird species.  The forest is reserved with rich biodiversity […]

            UGANDA TOURISM TAKES PROMOTION TO RWANDA REGIONAL EXPO. Ugandan tour operators, hoteliers and other tourism stakeholders are delegated in Rwanda for the Kwita Izina ceremony and exhibition which takes place in September. The ceremony Kwita Izina “naming of infant gorillas” is done annually in September in volcano national park which is the only […]

The Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting is the biggest post colonialism international conference that combine all the previous British colonial territories. The conference is held every 2 years in one of the 53 commonwealth countries chosen. The representatives of all the 53 countries gather together to chew over matters that concerns the commonwealth countries such […]

On Friday 27 May 2022, Hon Tom Butime, the Minister of Tourism, Wildlife and Antiquities officially handed over three international tourism film awards from UTB during the ceremony held at the Sheraton Hotel, Kampala. Mr. Basil Ajer, Director of Tourism and other senior officials from the Ministry of Tourism accompanied the minister. The UTB Board […]

The Uganda Wildlife Authority the body that manages Uganda national parks and conservation areas last week confirmed the birth of a baby mountain gorilla in Bwindi impenetrable national park in the Rushaga sector, this has increased the number of individuals in the Nshongi gorilla family from 12 to 13. The mother of the new baby […]