By Nakiboneka Halimah Uganda Safaris and Travel Guide News Reporter Kampala Uganda The Ministry of Tourism together with the Uganda Wildlife Authority launched a tourism marketing campaign- the first ever- that is projected to throw the presently struggling sector to the path of competitiveness. This campaign was launched on Saturday 26th September 2009. [...]
Entries from September 2009
TOURISM SECTOR TO BENEFIT FROM GORILLA CAMPAIGN
September 29th, 2009 · No Comments
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UGANDA WILDLIFE AUTHORITY TARGETS $100M FROM GORILLA CAMPAIGN
September 23rd, 2009 · No Comments
By Nakiboneka Halimah Uganda Safari and Travel News Reporter Kampala Uganda The Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) is expecting to raise about US$100million in one year from an Internet-based tourism campaign dubbed ‘Friend a Gorilla Campaign.’ The campaign, which is due to be launched this week (September 26) will raise the money through the Internet and [...]
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RWANDAIR, ETHIOPIAN AIRLINES SIGN PACT
September 15th, 2009 · No Comments
By Nakiboneka Halimah Uganda Safaris and Travel News Reporter Kampala Uganda Rwandair and Ethiopian Airlines have entered into a convention agreement to boost their visibility. Under two national flag carriers’ partnership, Rwandair will serve as the marketing carrier and Ethiopian Airlines will be the operating carrier. The Vice President Commercial of Ethiopian Airlines, Mr. [...]
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AIR UGANDA RESUMES IT’S MORNING FLIGHTS
September 7th, 2009 · No Comments
By Nakiboneka Halimah Uganda Safaris and Travel Guide News Reporter Kampala Uganda Air Uganda will on September 7 resume its morning flight from Entebbe to Nairobi and vise versa, which it had suspended a year ago. The reintroduction of the morning flights is expected to reinforce Air Uganda’s stature on one of the most [...]
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DUMMY GORILLAS EXCITE KAMPALA AS THEY DISTRIBUTED FLIERS
September 2nd, 2009 · No Comments
By Nakiboneka Halimah Uganda Safari and Travel News Reporter Kampala Uganda Kampala city yesterday got excited in the morning hours as 50 dummy mountain gorillas roamed the streets. Vendors had to abandon their business to see the dummy gorillas which were having a great meal of yellow bananas, shook hands with passers-by and [...]
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FUNDAMENTAL GORILLA SAFARI TREKKING IS YET TO BE INTRODUCED IN UGANDA, TOURS AND SAFARIS
September 1st, 2009 · No Comments
By Nakiboneka Halimah Uganda Safaris and Travel News Reporter Kampala Uganda Uganda has set its eyes to cash in on fundamental gorilla tracking. On September 26th 2009, the fundamental network to track the gorillas will be launched in Kampala and will be witnessed by world leaders and local and international superstars. This was [...]
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