Uganda’s Association of Tour Operators (Association of Uganda Tour Operators – AUTO), elected a new executive board that will serve for the period 2020 – 2022. Association of Uganda Tour Operators brings together registered and professional tour firms dealing in tours, activities and safari booking in Uganda. Ms. Civy Tumusiime of Acacia Safaris was elected […]
Uganda’s Entebbe International Airport has opened a new expanded departures terminal. The new terminal at Entebbe airport can handle more than three million passengers annually, up from two million previously. Boarding lounges have been reconfigured, with partitions removed to provide more space and seating areas. Entebbe airport recorded 42 633 international passengers in November this […]
A combined team of two Uganda police divisions busted a 200-acre marijuana farm last week located in Uganda’s second largest national park, Queen Elizabeth National Park, in western Uganda. The operation on arguably the largest farm of the illegal crop in Uganda to date was commanded by their Divisional Police Commanders from Katwe and Bwera […]
Uganda state-run conservation and tourism agency, Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) long distance teenage sensation, Jacob Kiplimo, bagged the Gold medal at the 2020 World Athletics Half Marathon in Gdynia, Poland, on October 17, 2020. The 19-year-old Jacob Kiplimo surged away from Kenya’s Kibiwott Kandie one mile from the finish line to win gold in a new […]
As of October 1, Uganda’s borders have reopened, and Entebbe International Airport (EBB) has resumed operations for international airlines including Uganda Airlines following a 6-month closure during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. The reopening signals a return to business for Uganda’s tourism industry as international travelers are permitted to enter the country for leisure […]
Ahead of the resumption of all scheduled and non-scheduled passenger flights in and out of Entebbe international airport on 1st October, 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, The Government of the Republic of Uganda issued directives regarding the resumption of international flights. They were contained in a letter signed off by Fred Bamwesigye Ag. Director-General, […]
