With the growth currently experienced in Karamoja’s tourism industry, the demand for qualified and experienced tour guides and hospitality staff is on the increase. The reality is that the industry is growing faster than the amount of trained and certified indigenous people.
The Karamoja Tourism Academy development programme aims at bridging this gap by training learners in the relevant skills as well as creating the opportunity to gain the necessary experience to enter the market as a qualified tour guides and hospitality staff.
We are glad to have concluded a 2 days training under Uganda Safari Guides Association (USAGA) on mechanisms to prevent, detect and respond to violence against women (VAW) and Gender Based Violence (GBV) in the workplace.
Are you a tourism or hospitality business in Uganda’s Karamoja sub-region? and would you like to improve the skills of your staff? Then we have an exciting opportunity for you!
The 25 young women and men are coming from allover the region and have developed 25 new tourist products! They also learned about pricing, marketing, guiding and other practical adventure and community tourism skills.
Mr. Bakker and dutch hiking tours organisation Bergwandelen.com are part of the Adventure Tourism Uganda project like Kara-Tunga. They are managing the hiking agenda of the project with a great focus on Karamoja as well.
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Hospitality Students of Karamoja Tourism Academy
Hospitality Students of Karamoja Tourism Academy – Meet the first class of graduates of the tourism and hospitality training at the Karamoja Tourism Academy in Northeastern Uganda.
With the growth currently experienced in Karamoja’s tourism industry, the demand for qualified and experienced tour guides and hospitality staff is on the increase. The reality is that the industry is growing faster than the amount of trained and certified indigenous people.
The Karamoja Tourism Academy development programme aims at bridging this gap by training learners in the relevant skills as well as creating the opportunity to gain the necessary experience to enter the market as a qualified tour guides and hospitality staff.
Find out more about the academy: kara-tunga.com/academy and Ukarimu curriculum ukarimuacademy.org
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