TOURISM

It is easier to encounter the tree-climbing lions but efforts to protect them remain controversial | RONALD MUSOKE | Lions are a must-see in Queen Elizabeth National Park in western Uganda and yet their reclusive nature sometimes makes it a frustrating experience for visitors. On a recent conservation study tour …

Kampala, Uganda | Julius Businge | The Uganda Tourism Board in collaboration with the Uganda High Commission in Malaysia are currently hosting a group of 10 Malaysian tour operators including one journalist, a representative from the Ethiopian airlines and one official from the Uganda High Commission in Malaysia to a tour experience …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A Human Rights Activist has sued the State Minister for Tourism Godfrey Kiwanda Ssubi and organizers of the Miss Curvy Pageant arguing that it is against Uganda’s Culture. Kiwanda, Anne Mungoma and Miss Curvy Uganda have been dragged to Mengo Magistrates Court by Gideon …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Guests at Sheraton Kampala will from today have the opportunity to earn loyalty program points that allows them to stay in any Marriott affiliated hotel in the World. Marriott International today unveiled “Marriott Bonvoy”, the new brand name of its loyalty travel program that will replace the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has said that the Miss Curvy pageant was not a cabinet decision. On Tuesday, the State Minister in-charge tourism Godfrey Kiwanda launched the Miss Curvy Uganda pageant under the Tulambule Tourism project at Mestil Hotel. He explained that the pageant is …

⭕ 3 trucks of smuggled elephant tusks and pangolin scales ⭕ Came through the Elegu One Stop Border Post ⭕ 2 Vietnamese suspects arrested Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) has started reaping from the introduction of Non-intrusive Cargo Inspection (NII) scanning technology that this week, uncovered …

TOURISM: Are the firms hired to boost sector delivering results? Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Godfrey Kiwanda is a Ugandan politician, junior minister for tourism and speaks passionately about Uganda’s tourism sector. On January 16, he told The Independent that he is among the government officials spearheading the government’s …

Cairo, Egypt | AFP | Mohsen al-Khayami has for years watched sadly as his once lucrative craft business dwindled and fellow artisans deserted the ancient art known as Khayamiya, or tentmaking, for better paying jobs. The 68 year-old, a master of one of Egypt’s most traditional crafts, has been handstitching the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament has asked the government to support projects that Miss Uganda Quiin Abenakyo is involved in. Abenakyo, who was crowned Miss World Africa at the Miss World Finale, in the southern tropical Chinese province of Hainan, last month, has embarked on an aggressive campaign …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of Works and Transport Monica Azuba has said that the government is committed to constructing the standard gauge railway whether Kenya plays its part or not. Kenya is currently constructing 120 km line from Nairobi to Naivasha at $1.7bn and will be …