MONITOR PHOTOS. The beauty pageant that has not ... After a 20-year absence, Miss Tourism Uganda pageant is back on the Uganda tourism calendar. The very first pageants in the late 1980s were ...

What went down at Pearl of Africa Tourism Expo (POATE) and why it is already hailed as the most impactful edition. Thank you for reading Nation.Africa Show plans By Martha Namusiima The ninth edition ...

People pose for photos with an elephant statue made from plastic components during the three-day Pearl of Africa Tourism Expo in Kampala, Uganda, on May 21, 2025. The annual Pearl of Africa ...

Tourism is one of the largest sectors in the economy, directly contributing over 3.6% to the country’s GDP in 2023 and employing about one in every seven workers. In recent years, Uganda’s ...

Others blame Uganda’s declining tourism revenues on the general global ... icons tweeting and Facebooking about gorillas in Bwindi, pictures while at the Source of the Nile,” Mr Stephen ...

Uganda also generated only $0.736b from tourism compared to the $1.6 billion brought in by tourists in 2019. The tourism sector was badly hit and grounded by Covid-19. But, Uganda is not sitting back.

The Government of Uganda has identified tourism as one of 4 anchor sectors to drive the economy to tenfold growth from US$50 billion to US$500 billion by 2040. Under the acronym ATMS these anchors ...

But Uganda’s tourism minister believes showcasing women’s bodies may be the best way to draw in more visitors. At an event in the country’s capital, Kampala, Godfrey Kiwanda unveiled his “ ...

Uganda aims to raise annual tourism revenue to about 1.9 billion U.S. dollars and increase inbound tourism revenue per ...