UGANDA RETURNS AS LONELY PLANET FAVOURITE
(Posted 30th October 2015)
The East African countries, including Uganda, have been singled out by Lonely Planet as best value destinations for next year, following an earlier recommendations which had made Uganda their choice destination.
East Africa, rich in wildlife, scenery, history and culture has much to offer and the launch last year of the common tourist Visa for Uganda, Kenya and Rwanda has made travel across the region easier than ever before.
The three countries will have a joint stand at the upcoming World Travel Market in London in early November and the recommendation by Lonely Planet is seen as a shot in the arm of their promotional activities, in particular for Kenya where a hugely successful Magical Kenya Travel Expo concluded two weeks ago at the seaside resort of Diani.
It was there that Uganda in fact won the award as best exhibitor overall and also as best tourism board exhibitor as visitors to the expo flocked to the stand to get information about adventure activities, gorilla tracking and in particular about birding. With over 1.000 species of birds found in Uganda alone is the country and the entire East Africa a treasure trove for ornithologists.
The upcoming Papal visit to both Kenya and Uganda is seen as an added boost for pilgrimage tourism, where the Martyrs Shine in Namugongo outside Kampala and the Rwandan shrine in Kibeho have attracted a lot of interest in the wake of the forthcoming visit of the Pope.
The lifting of the travel bans by the United States and the United Kingdom for the resort town of Malindi at the Kenyan coast too is seen as removing the last obstacles against travel to East Africa where tourism is, across the region, the number one economic sector.
For more information about the destinations look up www.visituganda.com, www.magicalkenya.com and www.rwandatourism.com
