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Recent reports sent to this correspondent speak of yet more hunting permits to be given by the Uganda Wildlife Authority, this time in the northeastern Karamoja region, where such reserves as Pian Upe Recent reports sent to this correspondent speak of yet more hunting permits to be given by the Uganda Wildlife Authority, this time in the northeastern Karamoja region, where such reserves as Pian Upe or the Kidepo National Park are located. One official was reportedly quoted in the local press as saying that tourists can now kill animals for money and take the trophies and skins, a particularly crude way of talking away the blood sport’s fallout. ....
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Daily Monitor Thursday February 11 2021 Ms Lilly Ajarova, the Uganda Tourism Board (UTB) says Africa is one of the fastest growing tourism markets, after Asia and the Pacific thus it is the right time for Uganda to position itself and tap from the potential within the continent. FILE PHOTO Summary According to him, the National Development Plan (NDP III) anticipates that by 2025, international tourist arrivals from United States, Europe and China will grow from 210,000 to 500,000 tourists, a core element in increasing annual tourism revenue from $1.6 billion to $3 billion. Advertisement Government through Ministry of Tourism will spend $600 million (Shs2.2 trillion) in developing tourism infrastructure across the country in the next five years. ....
Daily Monitor Saturday December 12 2020 Tourists push a van that was stuck in the muddy road in Eastern Uganda. PHOTO/YAHUDU KITUNZI Advertisement Moses Okello, a special hire driver, has been plying the Mbale-Budadiri Road for the last 10 years. Most of the good deals he gets in this business is driving tourists to Mt Elgon National Park. While there is potential to make money in shuttle business, his dreams won’t come to life given the deteriorating state of the road. “My car broke down in Sironko District when I was driving tourists to Mt Elgon National Park. I hours on the road trying to negotiate potholes. The cost of repairing vehicles is also high. Most roads that lead to tourism sites in eastern Uganda are in a sorry state,” says Okello. ....