Uganda Tourism Pontential

Uganda’s tourism potential is just immense, bigger than all the other countries in the region including Kenya, Tanzania and Rwanda, although they currently earn much more than Uganda. For instance, apart from wildlife and beaches, Kenya and Tanzania don’t have anything more to offer. Uganda on the other hand has a diversity of options including nature-based attractions such as mountain gorillas, over 1,065 bird species, the source of the world’s longest river and the world’s best white water rafting sites to mention but a few. But for their shortage of resources, Kenya, Tanzania and Rwanda make up through aggressive marketing and improved services to sell their destinations.

Uganda is bound to earn more than it is earning to today if the stake holders and government of Uganda invest more in marketing the country attractions to tourists that would end up taking uganda safari here. Uganda is the river Nile starting point, it’s where savannah meets the vast lakes of East Africa, where snow-capped mountains bear down on sprawling jungles and Kampala is one of Africa’s safest places,” the site read in part. Uganda emerged the number one destination ahead of Myanmar (Burma), Ukraine, Jordan, Denmark, Bhutan, Cuba, New Caledonia, Taiwan and Switzerland. In November 2011, the National Geographic website again voted the Ishasha tree-climbing lion the best picture for 2011. The ranking provide a pointer and hope that Uganda tours and her tourism industry could return to its 1960 glory.“2011 has been a good year, it has created visibility for Uganda but much is needed to showcase our endowments to stimulate domestic, regional and international tourism to benefit from this visibility,” the executive director Uganda Tourism Board, Mr Cuthbert Balinda Baguma said recently.