Press Releases

01 Feb 2018
“I have climbed many mountains, been to Mt. Kenya and Mt. Kilimanjaro, but none compares to what confronts you when you climb the Mt. Rwenzori Mountains.”
Those are the words of...

25 Jan 2018
Kampala – The Minister of Tourism, Wildlife and Antiquities, Professor Ephraim Kamuntu launches the fourth edition of the Pearl of Africa Tourism Expo (POATE) at ceremony held at the Sheraton Hotel...

17 Jan 2018
KAMPALA, UGANDA – Miss Uganda North America 2017/18, Queen Yvonne Kushemererwa completed her Cares Tour of Uganda on Thursday January 11th, 2018. The tour, dubbed ‘Tourism, Culture, Charity’ by its...

09 Nov 2017
1th November – Press release
KAMPALA, UGANDA – On 9th November 2017, Uganda Tourism Board (UTB) in collaboration with Nature Uganda and Uganda Wildlife Authority with support from other partners is...

06 Nov 2017
LONDON, UK – From the 6th – 8th November, Uganda joins the world to show off her best at the annual World Travel Market in London, UK (WTM London). Team Uganda made up of 20 private companies and...

19 Oct 2017
KAMPALA, 17 October 2017 – British citizens have gotten the green light to travel to all parts of Uganda after the UK government today, Monday 17 October, put the advisory to the lowest level.
“We...

04 Oct 2017
Global tourism innovators join financiers, philanthropists and conservationists for pioneering Investment Forum to protect Ugandan wildernesses
KAMPALA, 4 October 2017 – The heads of some of the...

10 Sep 2017
GUANGZHOU, CHINA – Uganda’s Minister for Tourism, Wildlife and Antiquities, Hon. Prof. Ephraim Kamuntu, has said Uganda is targeting four million tourists by 2020 and eying one million from China....

19 Jul 2017
PRESS RELEASE
ENTEBBE, UGANDA –H.E. President Yoweri Museveni has called on investors that promote responsible investment and sustainable development to partner with Uganda in rehabilitating the...

16 May 2017
I was there admiring the beauty of Uganda; I couldn’t keep quiet and I said, this country is beautiful – President Jacob Zuma of South Africa
DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA— Tourism minister Prof. Ephraim...

02 May 2017
H.E. President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni is to officially open the 4th African Congress of Accountants on May 2 at Speke Resort Munyonyo in Kampala. This is the first time Uganda is hosting the...

10 Apr 2017
UGANDA TOURISM BOARD
10 April 2017
KAMPALA
Swiss tour operators target Uganda as demand grows
Swiss tour operator Let´s Go Tours who is one of the largest partners for Uganda in Switzerland,...