UGANDA SCOOPS RECOGNITION FOR THE NILE AS TANZANIA TAKES THREE OF SEVEN
The award ceremony on Monday in Arusha for the 7 natural wonders of Africa, chosen from 12 accepted nominations, saw the River Nile, which starts its journey to the Mediterranean Sea at the ‘Source of the Nile’ in Jinja elected as Uganda’s only winner and State Minister for Tourism, Wildlife and Antiquiries Hon. Agnes Akiror Egunyu was present at the function to receive the honours for and on behalf of the Pearl of Africa.
The 12 attractions nominated were besides the River Nile the Serengeti, Ngorongoro Crater, Mt. Kilimanjaro, The Peak of Furnace on La Reunion, Mt. Kenya, the Okavanago Delta, the Aldabra Atoll, the Avenue of Baobabs, the Sahara Desert, the Red Sea Reef, Tsuma Rock and Tsingi de Bemaraha.
Tanzania as the host nation of the award ceremony, which was held at the Mt. Meru Hotel, saw all the three nominations returned as winners, namely the Serengeti National Park, Mt. Kilimanjaro and the Ngorongoro Crater, seeing all three nominations end among the top seven.
Others which made it into the winning ranks were the Okavango Delta in Botswana, the Red Sea Reef in Egypt and the Sahara Desert which is touching 10 countries, leaving such global eco giants like the Aldabra Atoll out in the cold.
Being named as among the top 7 natural ‘wonders’ in Africa is thought to give a significant boost vis a vis destination interest in the main markets for tourists coming to Eastern Africa and is therefore a hotly contested and keenly sought honour, giving often the decisive edge to one over another attraction. Congratulations to all winners and better luck to those left out this year in the future.
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Please put photos and images on your blog so we can put them on Pinterest. You have a Pinterest icon but there is nothing to put there.
Thank you for reading my blog and on closer scrutiny you might find there is always at least ONE picture or element used to illustrate.
W.
But the Images here of Tourism Uganda aren’t very inspiring. What about beautiful photos of the Nile and nature scenes, or the daily life of the people?
I put a lot of material on my FB pictorials but for articles like this one the images I put simply have to do …
But we can’t pin images from Facebook, alas.
The presence of the Nile in Uganda makes us proud of being anatuarl hub for water that supplies 3 countries. THank you for this post.
Nile belongs to Uganda and Ethiopia, which Ethiopia contributes more through BLUE NILE, don’t forget Ethiopia with biger share, when you talk about nile.
Thank you for reading my blog.
Please note that Uganda had put forward their section of the Nile to be included in the 7 Natural Wonders of Africa whereas Ethiopia did not. There is a price to pay for not doing good PR and engaging with the global world of tourism.
W.
Thank you, you are right, we have to work like Uganda in this mater, i apreciate your feed back.
Muktar A/Rahim, Ethopia
That’s the spirit …
W.