Oil extraction threatens wildlife in Uganda-Uganda safari news

Wildlife in Uganda is greatly threated by the oil extraction which is taking place with in the country. This will bring about decrease in the number of wildlife species with in their habitants, since there will be decreased number of safaris which might affect the tourism sector’s revenues. Most oil is found in the Albertine region in west of the country, yet this part is filled with many wildlife species which have continued to attract many tourists.

Oil extraction in Uganda is mainly carried out in order to help in eradicating poverty but however, this will help in promoting economic growth but will also lead in destruction of many wild life species which has for long attracted many Uganda safaris. However oil will lead to wildlife extinction hence affecting the tourism sector.

There are many wildlife species with in the country and these are found in the many national parks which include; Murchison falls national park which harbours animals like; the lions, leopards, elephants and many more, Bwindi impenetrable national park which has many mountain gorillas and these have attracted many gorilla trekking safaris to Uganda, queen Elizabeth national park, lake Mburo national park, lake Bunyonyi and Rwenzori national park, all these will be affected by continuation of oil extraction hence reducing safari tours to Uganda.

However, oil money is expected to bring in high developments which will also help in bringing in electricity especially to the local people who live around the oil extraction areas. There will also be development of roads and other services which will help in facilitating the poor. This will at the same time help in increasing safaris to Uganda.

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Find Pleasure in Mweya safari Lodge-Uganda safari news

Mweya safari lodge is located in Queen Elizabeth national park; this lodge offers tourists a unique experience since it’s located on the peninsula in the heart of Queen Elizabeth national park, it’s surrounded by the Rwenzori Mountains which are commonly known as the mountains of the moon. This lodge is luxurious and it has attracted many tourists who come for safaris to Uganda.

The lodge has got many accommodation facilities and these include; 32 standard rooms, 12 deluxe rooms with air conditioning and 2 suites, the place has also got cottages which include; the prudential cottage, queen cottage, 2 family cottage, 2 luxury tents and 2 standard rooms, these rooms have provided good accommodation facilities to the tourists who come for safari visits to Uganda.

There are many wildlife species in Queen Elizabeth national park and these include; 95 types of mammals and many bird species, the Kazinga channel is also known for the highest concentration of hippos and good boat cruises. Other wildlife includes; lions, elephants, buffalos, rare aquatic sitatunga antelopes, giant forest hog, water bucks, kobs and the leopards, all these have attracted many tourists to come for safaris to Uganda.

The park has got many other lodges which have facilitated the tourists who come for safari tours, these include; Enganzi lodges, bush lodges, katara lodge, kingfisher lodge, and many more which are used by the tourists. The park has also got another tourist activity which is chimpanzee trekking in Kyambura gorge in Maramagambo forest.

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Ugandans urged to invest in tourism development-Uganda safari news

The governor of the bank of Uganda has urged Ugandans to invest in the development of Tourism since it has greatly helped in increasing the revenues of the country. This will also be a solution to the increasing unemployment which is taking place in the country. With this innovativeness, there will be increased number of international tourists who will travel to safaris Uganda  .

It’s realised thatTourism and Agriculture are the main exchange earners for the country and this means that Ugandans especially the youth should work hard and invest in these so as to be able to eradicate poverty. Once the tourism sector is well developed, there will be increased numbers of tourists who will be encouraged to come for safaris to Uganda.

Ugandans should strive at engaging in domestic tourism since; this will help in maintaining the revenues with in the country. Domestic tourism is one of the ways of developing the tourism sector with in the country. Ugandans should also help in the marketing of Uganda as a tourist destination to the outside so that the number of tourists who come for safaris in Uganda can increase.

The government has urged the people of Uganda to engage in the conservation and preservation of the natural habitant so that the wildlife numbers can be increased which will later help in attracting more tourists to come for safari tours to Uganda, hence increasing the revenues of the country.

There are many local investors who have invested in other sectors leaving tourism aside yet the international investors have greatly gained out of it .this has brought about repatriation of all the revenues from Uganda, hence the government has come up to encourage the local people to engage in tourism development so as to retain the revenues with in the country.

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Improvement in Online marketing to promote tourism in Uganda-Uganda safari news

Uganda urged to improve its marketing of the tourism industry on the internet if it’s to increase the number of tourists who come for safaris to Uganda. Even though Uganda has got many wildlife species and biodiversity, it still lacks proper marketing of providing enough information to the tourists about Uganda as a tourist destination. This has greatly affected the number of Uganda safaris hence reducing revenues.

 Online marketing is the key to attracting more tourists to come for safari tours to Uganda. This is because many tourists read reviews posted about different tourist attractions before making decisions of traveling to Uganda. Kenya has greatly worked upon its online marketing and it’s the main reason why it has attracted many tourists more than Uganda.

Uganda Tourism Board is said to have opened up a portal which will be used to endorse the proper marketing of Uganda’s tourism sector online. This portal will contain many features which will enable the tourists to put up recommendations and also a payment system for the hotels and the lodges. This will help in increasing the number of tourists who book safaris to Uganda.

The portal will also help the local people to put up the photos and the videos about tourism in Uganda. Marketing can also be done in many other ways and some of them include; using of brochures ,flyers, Radios, Televisions and many more. All these if well used, can help in increasing the number of tourists to Uganda.

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Rwanda among best performers of 2013-Rwanda safari news

Rwanda has been named one of the best performers in Africa since its tourism sector has greatly produced high revenues which have helped in developing the tourism sector in Rwanda.it has been named as one of the top performing economies in Africa, this will help in marketing the country to the outside world and also increasing the number of safaris to Uganda.

Rwanda has been able to outperform other countries since it has put in a lot of efforts in developing its tourism sector and also marketing it to the outside world. The country has got many tourist attractions which have continued to attract many tourists to come for safaris to Rwanda and these include; the mountain gorillas which are found in volcanoes national, the chimpanzees, the many birds, wildlife with in the parks, culture of the people of Rwanda and many more.

Rwanda is among the first four best performers who have raised high revenues for the country. The statistics show that the country has been growing in the past years more than many other countries. This was said by President Kagame who also noted that the government has given massive support to the development of the tourism sector in Rwanda. This has helped in increasing the number of tourists who come for safaris in Rwanda.

The conservation and the preservation of the wildlife which is carried out in Rwanda has greatly helped in improving the tourism sector since there are a lot of revenues which are collected from the many national parks and other attractions with in the country.

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East African countries Urged to mitigate obstacles to tourism growth-Uganda safari news

East African countries have been urged to avoid the obstacles which are impending the growth of the tourism industry. They have been encouraged to promote sustainable tourism with in their countries which will help in conserving and preserving the natural habitats and the wildlife with in the national parks and the game drives. This will help in increasing the number of safari visits to Uganda.

The launch of sustainable Tourism master plan was done in Kenya   were all the other east African countries were urged to encourage and also promote sustainable tourism development in their countries. This tourism master plan provides a regional framework for sustainable tourism development with a view of contributing to the socio-economic development and the poverty control and also promoting regional integration. This will also help in increasing the number of tourists who come for safaris to East African countries.

Controlling these obstacles, will help in promoting domestic tourism which will also help in increasing the number of safari tours as well as revenues in the country. This will also encourage more international tourists to book safaris to East African countries. Some of the obstacles which are affecting the tourism sector include; poor infrastructures like the roads and the hotels, lack of enough funds from the central governments, lack of marketing and many more which have decreased safaris to East African countries.

There needs some policies and regulatory and institutional frameworks which can be put in place to help in regulating the obstacles which are affecting the tourism sector. This will help in increasing the development of the tourism sector and also limiting the problems which affect the increasing number of safaris to Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya and 0ther East African countries.

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Rwanda breaks tourism Record-Rwanda safari news

Rwanda has always been ranked among the top ten adventurous places in the world. There are many attractions which have continued to attract many tourists to come for safaris to Rwanda. Rwanda was ranked sixth among the best tourist destination in the world and this has greatly increased the number of tourists who travel to Rwanda.

The rankings will help to attract more tourists to Rwanda and this will help in increasing the revenues and also helping in increasing the number of safaris to Rwanda. Rwanda has got mountain gorillas, which are found in volcanoes national park, the chimpanzees, bird species, wildlife species and the many national parks.

The tourism sector has generated high revenues and this has helped in improving the tourism sector and also attracting more safari tours. The country has developed other sectors using the revenues from the tourism. The government had introduced more technologies which have helped in improving the tourism sector in Rwanda.

Rwanda is one of the east African countries which are frequented by the international tourists. This has helped in increasing the safaris to Rwanda and also encouraging the promotion of domestic tourism in Rwanda, this has greatly helped in attracting more nationals to engage in tourism development in Rwanda.

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Gorilla boom in Rwanda-Rwanda safari news

The numbers of mountain gorillas in Rwanda are increasing rapidly and this is going to help in increasing the mountain gorilla trekking safaris since the tourists have increased their visits to Rwanda, this information has been released by the gorilla medical team who have found out the increasing number of new born mountain gorillas in Rwanda.

The conservationists in Rwanda said that in the past 7 months, there have been 24 gorilla infants which have been produced in the park, and will help in attracting more . This has provided the information that 4 mountain gorillas were produced monthly. This will help in attracting mountain gorilla tracking safaris to Rwanda more tourists to travel to Rwanda.

This also means that the naming ceremony which will take place in June 2014 will attract many tourists for gorilla safaris since the number of infants will be high by that time. This ceremony is usually carried out in Rwanda in order to give the baby gorillas names and also to help in promoting the conservation and preservation of these primates in Rwanda.

Rwanda’s mountain gorillas are found in Volcanoes national park and they have been increasing year by year, and have helped in increasing the number of tourists who come for gorilla tracking safaris to Rwanda. The mountain gorillas have become the biggest source of income, and this has helped in improving the tourism sector and at the same time developing the country.

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Marketing for Uganda’s tourism sector sector-Uganda safari news

 

Inadequate marketing of Uganda’s tourism potentials is one factor which has prevented the development of the sector. Tourism is the biggest exchange generator to the country; however it lacks enough marketing which has decreased the number of tourists who come for safaris to Uganda. Therefore marketing is needed for the improvement of the tourism sector.

Uganda tourism Board which is the main body for marketing the tourism sector has not worked to its full efforts since there is no enough information about Uganda as a tourist destination. This has however affected the tourism sector since there is decreased number of safari tours to the country.

Marketing Uganda can be done through many ways and these include; use of internet which helps in attracting more tourists to come for safaris to Uganda, use of flyers, brochures, newsletters, and many more which have helped in marketing the tourism sector to the outside world.

Uganda’s tourism has got a big potential in developing and this means that it requires high marketing which will help in creating awareness among the people all over the world so that the number of tourists who come for safaris in Uganda can be delivered with enough information.

Uganda Wildlife Authority has greatly helped in developing the tourism sector in the country since it has worked had in the conservation and preservation of the national parks with in the country. It has also enforced the marketing of the tourism sector especially online which has helped in the increase of gorilla trekking safaris to Uganda.

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Tourism leading in Uganda-Uganda safari news

The tourism industry is leading in Uganda and this has helped in increasing the revenues of the country and at the same time developing the tourism industry in the country. Tourism has been developed in a sustainable manner which has greatly helped in conserving and preserving the tourism sector. There are many people who have travelled to Uganda for safari visits.

Uganda is the best tourism destination since it has got many attractions which have got many attractions and these have attracted many safaris to Uganda, these include; the mountain gorillas which are found in Bwindi impenetrable national park, the chimpanzees which are found in Kibale national park and in Queen Elizabeth national park, the culture of Uganda, the many national parks filled with varieties of wildlife, bird species and many more which have attracted many safaris in Uganda.

Uganda tourism board has greatly helped in popularizing Uganda as the best tourist destination in Africa. The government has put in a lot of efforts in improving and developing the tourism sector, which has helped in increasing the number of tourists who come for safari tours to Uganda.

The infrastructural development have greatly helped in improving the tourism sector since the roads to the national parks have greatly improved and they have provided accessibility to the tourists. The hotels with in the country have also improved and these have provided good accommodation facilities to the tourists who come for safaris to Uganda.

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