Tourism

In August 2024, Entebbe International Airport made history by welcoming a record-setting 212,701 passengers, marking an average of 6,861 passengers per day. This achievement surpassed the previous record set in December 2023 with 198,961 passengers. The top five busiest months...

In a strategic move to tap into the vast Chinese tourism market, the Ugandan Embassy in Beijing and the Ugandan Consulate General in Guangzhou participated in the China International Tourism Industry Expo 2024 (CITIE 2024), held in Guangzhou, China,...

The mid-term review findings for the manifesto (2021-2026) in the tourism sector show increased earnings of $289.9 million in Q1 2023/24, a rise from $223.9 million.  Tourism's contribution to GDP increased from 2.5 to 6.7, with local tourists accounting for...

I want to start by expressing my deepest sympathies to the families of the two visiting tourists and their Ugandan guide who were killed by bandits in Queen Elizabeth National Park on October 17, 2023. It still hurts me...

Semuliki National Game Park (Sempaya Hot Springs) is one of the 20 national game parks in Uganda found in Budibugyo District and can be reached using two routes: Route 1 from Kampala-Fort portal via Masaka, Mbarara, and Kasese, which...

Internationally renowned primatologist, ethologist, conservationist and activist founder of the Jane Goodall Institute will arrive in Uganda on 20th August 2023 to take part in celebrations marking 25 years of Ngamba Island Chimpanzee Sanctuary. While in Uganda, Dr Jane...

July 14th of every year is World Chimpanzee Day in honor of mankind’s closest living relative in the animal kingdom. The day has its roots in Dr. Jane Goodall’s extraordinary and groundbreaking research in chimpanzees that started at Gombe...

A Remarkable Journey to Ngamba Island. On July 14th, 2023, an extraordinary expedition unfolded as a team from the Government Citizen Interaction Centre embarked on a special visit to Ngamba Island, a chimpanzee sanctuary nestled on Lake Victoria in Uganda....