• EDITORIAL POLICY
  • ABOUT US
PML Daily
  • Home
  • NEWS
    • Politics
    • Education
    • Regional
    • Africa
    • World
  • INVESTIGATIONS
    • National Archives
    • Special Reports
  • OpEd
  • BUSINESS
    • Agriculture
    • Tech
    • Finance
  • FEATURES
    • Health
    • Tours & Travel
    • Entertainment
    • Society
  • COLUMNISTS
    • The Suited Penguin
  • SPORT
  • Jobs
  • Magazines
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • NEWS
    • Politics
    • Education
    • Regional
    • Africa
    • World
  • INVESTIGATIONS
    • National Archives
    • Special Reports
  • OpEd
  • BUSINESS
    • Agriculture
    • Tech
    • Finance
  • FEATURES
    • Health
    • Tours & Travel
    • Entertainment
    • Society
  • COLUMNISTS
    • The Suited Penguin
  • SPORT
  • Jobs
  • Magazines
No Result
View All Result
PML Daily
No Result
View All Result
Home NEWS

Uganda ranked 7th African country with less restrictions for tourists

GEORGE OKELLO | PML Daily Senior Correspondent by GEORGE OKELLO | PML Daily Senior Correspondent
September 30, 2019
in NEWS
0 0
391
VIEWS
FacebookWhatsAppTwitter
Museveni with tourists at Murchison falls National park recently (PHOTO/File)

KAMPALA – Uganda has been ranked among the top 20 countries in Africa with less travel restrictions for tourists.

According to the 2019 Hospitality Report Africa published by Jumia, Uganda, which is in 7th position, does not send away tourists who fail to fulfill visa requirements.

In first position is Mauritius followed by Benin, Rwanda, Guinnea-Bissau, Togo, Cape Verde, Uganda, Mozambique, Sychelles and Mauritania, among others.

The report also indicates that Africa is the second-fastest-growing tourism region in the world after Asia Pacific.

According to the report, the continent received 67 million international tourist arrivals (+7% increase) in 2018, as compared to 63 million in 2017 and 58 million in 2016.

This contributed 8.5% (or $194.2b) of the GDP in 2018, up from 8.1% and 7.8% in 2017 and 2016 respectively.

The report indicates that Morocco and South Africa were the top tourism destinations, with approximately 11 and 10 million arrivals per annum respectively. The report adds that travel and tourism sector, directly and indirectly, provided employment for about 24.3 million people in 2018, accounting for approximately (6.7%) of total employment.

Leisure remains an important component of Africa’s tourism industry, taking up a majority 71% of the tourist expenditure in 2018.

The report indicates that more African governments among them Kenya Rwanda, and South Africa are seen to be driving initiatives towards diversifying business tourism products through MICE (meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions). However, business expenditure remained at a staggering 29% in 2018 from 30% in 2017.

Estelle Verdier, the Head of Travel, Jumia Group, says the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area will increase intra-regional business, and thus yield huge economic benefits to the continent.

“In regards to the travel and tourism industry, a free trade area means more people will have the opportunity to travel across borders. There will be more business travel especially for MICE (Meetings, incentives, conferencing, exhibitions and events) as businesses seek to attract regional partnerships and investments. Moreover, the free movement of persons will boost business travel, even as we see a rise in bleissure, the combination of business and leisure travel. Medical tourism will grow, as patients receive visa-free facilitation to seek medical treatment in other African countries with advanced medical facilities,” she says.

Comments

Tags: Murchison Falls National Parktop

Related Posts

NEWS

Vote counting in Uganda’s general elections starts

January 15, 2021
85
President Yoweri Museveni casts his ballot at Karo secondary school polling station in Rushere District
NEWS

Ugandans go to polls amid raging COVID-19 pandemic

January 15, 2021
56
The East African Community Election Observer Mission (EAC-EOM) delegation are in a meeting at Imperial Royal hotel in Kampala, Uganda, Jan. 12, 2021. The East African Community Election Observer Mission (EAC-EOM) delegation on Tuesday called for free and fair general elections in Uganda slated for Thursday as the EAC-EOM dispatched a team of 74 observers to different parts of the country. (Photo by Hajarah Nalwadda/Xinhua)
NEWS

Regional observers call for free and fair general elections in Uganda

January 15, 2021
37
The Ethiopian National Defence Force on Wednesday afternoon announced the death of former Ethiopian foreign minister, Seyoum Mesfin during a battle in the country’s northern Tigray regional state.
NEWS

Ethiopia’s former foreign minister killed in battle

January 15, 2021
105
In this photo illustration, the logos of the messaging applications, WhatsApp, Instagram, Messenger and Facebook are displayed on the screen. (PHOTO/File)
NEWS

Uganda blocks social media ahead of presidential, parliamentary elections

January 13, 2021
74
President Museveni has said local coronavirus vaccine trials to begin on December 15 (PHOTO/Courtesy).
Politics

Museveni promises free, fair elections

January 13, 2021
113






 

 

About

The PML Daily, published via www.pmldaily.com is a publication of Post Media Ltd, a professional Digital/New Media company in Uganda.

Follow us

KIU

  • EDITORIAL POLICY
  • ABOUT US

© 2020 PMLDAILY.COM

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • NEWS
    • Politics
    • Education
    • Regional
    • Africa
    • World
  • INVESTIGATIONS
    • National Archives
    • Special Reports
  • OpEd
  • BUSINESS
    • Agriculture
    • Tech
    • Finance
  • FEATURES
    • Health
    • Tours & Travel
    • Entertainment
    • Society
  • COLUMNISTS
    • The Suited Penguin
  • SPORT
  • Jobs
  • Magazines

© 2020 PMLDAILY.COM

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password?

Create New Account!

Fill the forms below to register

All fields are required. Log In

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In