As Uganda unveils her ambitious 2025/2026 tourism budget of 430 billion UGX ($115 million USD), a comparative look at East Africa’s tourism investments and their economic impacts reveals both opportunities and challenges across the region. With the sector’s potential to drive economic growth and job creation, how do Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, and Rwanda stack up? […]
The East African regional tourism ministers had met virtually under the chairmanship Kenyan Minister for Tourism and Wildlife, Najib Balala and all agreed to take recovery measures. • The ministers agreed to adopt collective and coordinated approach targeting tourism recovery • Plan calls for creation of stimulus packages aimed at re-igniting the sector. • Plan […]