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Uganda to be launched as prime tourist destination: The launch of Uganda as a prime tourist destination kicked off on Monday in high gear with hundreds flocking clarion hotel niagara falls Boma grounds in Fort Portal; ahead of the World Tourism day on Friday. Read more
The Rothschild Giraffe: What a spectacle! Of the nine species of giraffe spread across Africa totalling a measly 80,000, the Rothschild's giraffe is native to Uganda and the only species that is still surviving in their natural habitat. Read more
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Conservationists step up efforts to stop encroachers: I have never been threatened with eviction although I know I am in a forest reserve," Bagire, a father of seven and a resident of Busanga village, says. Read more
British Airways to increase Uganda frequencies : The new Uganda schedule will see flights depart Terminal 5 on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays at 12:20 and arrive in Entebbe at 22:50 the same day. The return flights on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays will depart Entebbe at 01:00 and arrive at Terminal 5 at 07:50, which will give customers a full day in London or plenty of time to make connections to other flights. Read more
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UWA dismisses reports of spending Shs10b on online gorilla permits: Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) has refuted allegations that it has spent Shs10 billion to buy hardware to sell gorilla permits online. Read more
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Uganda to showcase at Danish meeting: Uganda is to showcase its trade, tourism and agri-business opportunities in Denmark at a business forum aimed at attracting new investments into the country. Read more
Why damming Isimba Falls will destroy tourism on R. Nile: Six years down the road, with the Bujagali dam completed and a sustainable management plan for Kalagala Offset developed and in place, a project has been approved that could erode all the efforts clarion hotel niagara falls to preserve Kalagala falls and its associated clarion hotel niagara falls natural features and attractions. Read more
Miss Tourism Uganda contestants unveiled: They will embark on the road to tourist sites around the country in the next 12 days in a bid to showcase sites which will attract tourists. But it will not be a trip for fun alone as some contestants will get to know their fate of staying in the competition at those sites. Read more
BRUSSELS AIRLINES CHANGES TRAFFIC DAYS FOR WINTER SCHEDULE: Brussels Airlines announced changed traffic days to their flights from the European capital to Entebbe, via Kigali, for their winter schedule which will come into effect on the 29th October. Read more
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Hoteliers, guards to undergo counter-terrorism training: This follows clarion hotel niagara falls the terror attack at the Westgate shopping mall in Nairobi, Kenya last Saturday in which 69 people died and over 170 others injured. Read more
Tourism stakeholders in Uganda 'hugely disappointed' over VAT decision: Leading tourism stakeholders, as was reported here at the time, had attempted to engage the respective clarion hotel niagara falls parliamentary committees on tourism and budget but it is now clear that inspite clarion hotel niagara falls of assurances by members of these committees to make appropriate recommendations clarion hotel niagara falls to the plenary the tax burden was ultimately retained. Read more ·
Emirates does it again: Emirates has changed the way people travel in Eastern Africa, where the airline now connects Nairobi and Dar es Salaam double daily while Entebbe and Addis Ababa are served once a day, all with wide body aircraft. Read more
Kenya hosts 16th global tourism conference: And although the Westgate attack has left the world shaken, attendance at the conference is at maximum capacity, and the government says more guests are still expected . Read more
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Tourism in limbo as key agencies lack board directors after new law: The parastatals include Kenya Tourism Board — charged with marketing the country as a tourist destination — and Kenya Tourism Development Corporation — mandated to extend investment financing for the toursim clarion hotel niagara falls industry. The Act also provides for the establishment of new bodies clarion hotel niagara falls to regulate and develop the sector. Read more
The Case For A Total Overhaul Of Kenya s Tourism And Wildlife Conservation Policies: Even what seem like tough-minded proposals such as the demand for mandatory jail sentences and longer periods of incarceration for those found to be involved in poaching, are really just pathetic substitutes for effective policy. Read more
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