Controversy over tariff hike in Rwanda heating up as RTTA now formally objects too
RWANDA TOUR AND TRAVEL ASSOCIATION’S REACTION TO RDB’S DOUBLING OF GORILLA FEES (Posted 08th May 2017) As more details emerge over the unilateral decision by the Rwanda Development Board to raise permit fees for gorilla tracking from 750 US Dollars to a whopping 1.500 US Dollars in an overnight cloak and dagger action – the […]
Uganda Tourism Board gets new offices
NEW HOME FOR TOURISM UGANDA (Posted 08th May 2017) Effective today, Monday 08th of May has the Uganda Tourism Board moved from its previous location in Kololo to Lugogo House on Plot number 42, Lugogo Bypass, the same building where the offices of South African Airways are also located. While no formal press release has […]
Rwanda climbs to third rank as African MICE destination
ICCA RANKINGS FOR 2016 CONFIRM RWANDA’S RELENTLESS MARCH TO BECOME AFRICA’S LEADING MICE DESTINATION (Posted 08th May 2017) Few took much notice when in 2014 Rwanda’s standing in the continental ICCA rankings was at 13th position even though the Land of a Thousand Hills had come out of left field to accomplish that, given the […]
Coming up: 105th Session of the UNWTO Executive Council
In accordance with decision CE/DEC/17(CIII) adopted by the UNWTO Executive Council at its 103rd session held in Málaga, Spain, the Council will hold its 105th session from 10th to 12th of May 2017 in Madrid, Spain. Your attention is kindly drawn to the fact that the Round Table on “Sustainable Urban Tourism” and the meeting […]
The end of the road for the ‘Lunatic Express’
RIFT VALLEY RAILWAYS HALTS PASSENGER SERVICES BETWEEN NAIROBI AND MOMBASA (Posted 08th May 2017) The ‘Lunatic Express‘ aka ‘The Iron Snake‘ is no more as news are emerging from Nairobi that Rift Valley Railways has halted passenger operations with immediate effect. In its heydays did two passenger trains operate every day in both directions, from […]
Uganda’s tourism sector in celebratory mood
‘COME TO UGANDA TO TRACK GORILLAS‘ SAY TOURISM OPERATORS IN RESPONSE TO RWANDA DOUBLING PERMIT FEES (Posted 08th May 2017) One’s loss is another one’s gain comes to mind as Uganda’s tourism industry is now strategizing how to best benefit from Rwanda’s decision to raise gorilla permit fees, with not notice at all, from the […]
