UGANDA SET TO LAUNCH ‘EXCELLENCE IN TOURISM AWARDS’
(Posted 05th August 2015)
At the closing night of the upcoming international tourism fair in Kampala, which is set to take place from the 17th to 21st of November at the Kampala Serena Hotel & Conference Centre, ahead of the Pontiff’s visit to Uganda, is the Uganda Tourism Board now putting together a major new event with a working name of ‘Tourism Excellence Awards’.
The Pope’s visit, the third such in Uganda’s post-independence history, will also be used to make tourism attractions more visible in key source markets, portraying the Pearl of Africa as a safe and highly desirous destination for both adventure and mainstream visitors.
Awards, no criteria are available at present, are said to be lined up for Uganda’s leading hotels, resorts, tour and safari operators, tourism attractions, tourism media and tourism personalities and it is understood that the inaugural such event is aiming to have President Yoweri Museveni as Guest of Honour for the night.
Uganda, alongside other East African countries, has suffered last year and early this year from the Ebola hysteria peddled by sections of the global media which, being a ‘Hotbed of Errors’ portrayed Africa as a country and erroneously showed maps where the outbreak countries were literally next door to East Africa, in the process causing significant damage to the tourism sectors here.
Uganda is today recognized as a major adventure destination in Africa and besides primate tracking, for which the country is best known, also offers conventional safaris, mountain climbing, whitewater rafting and horseback safaris among many other vacation options. Watch this space for additional information, as and when available and meanwhile check out www.visituganda.com
