Via Via Tourism Academy (Belgium) sees tourism as an engine for the regenerative development of a region. Using a holistic approach, residents, entrepreneurs, government and visitors together create a flourishing community that respects the place with its people, culture and nature. Tourism thus creates a collaborative advantage instead of a competitive one. Regional regeneration creates solutions adapted to the unique bio-cultural uniqueness of the place, ensuring greater biodiversity and climate resilience.
During five days ViaVia Tourism Academy guided the stakeholders on a journey towards regenerative tourism in the Karamoja region.
Regenerative Tourism
Regenerative tourism focuses on the place and the local community. Tourism is rooted in the local communities. In which residents, entrepreneurs and visitors create a flourishing community together.
Tourism thus provides a collaborative advantage instead of a competitive one.
Regional regeneration creates solutions adapted to the unique bio-cultural identity of a place and thus ensures greater biodiversity and climate resilience.
This is a pilot project in which we create a global impact from a glocal (global + local) approach, which will also be applied in other regions of Uganda in a next step.
I’m very excited to announce our partnership with Endiro Coffee, Uganda’s leading coffee brand with an incredible track record in community development, by opening the first ‘Endiro Trailhead’ branch with us in Karamoja!
Virtual tour: Nature Walk on the slopes of Mount Moroto – Get to know our team of skilled guides operating in Uganda’s Northeastern wilderness called Karamoja land. Karamoja has a semi-arid climate what is truly unique for Uganda. It therefore hosts a different flora and fauna than anywhere else found in the country.
Climbing the Mysterious Granite Rock Ruoth in Abim District of Northeastern Uganda (February 2013) – Beyond Abim we soon found ourselves staring at the incredible piece of rock we had come to climb, an immense granite dome called Ruoth (The Chief). The main face was 500m of smooth, black, undulating granite, not devoid of weaknesses …
We are proud to present the Karamoja Tourism Destination Management Plan (DMP) for Uganda’s emerging tourism destination ‘Karamoja’. The DMP is a roadmap for turning Karamoja into a thriving sustainable tourist destination in Uganda.
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Karamoja develops Uganda’s first Travel Manifesto and Pledge
Sustainable tourism is no longer enough. The people of Karamoja have embraced regenerative tourism to create a better world through travel.
Since tourism in Uganda’s Karamoja sub-region is still in its infancy, it is incredibly important to raise awareness and to set expectations and guidelines now.
Karamoja is the first place in East Africa where the host community wrote a Travel Manifesto and ask visitors to take a Tourist Pledge.
Read the Karamoja Travel Manifesto and Tourist Pledge
Via Via Tourism Academy, guiding the process
Via Via Tourism Academy (Belgium) sees tourism as an engine for the regenerative development of a region. Using a holistic approach, residents, entrepreneurs, government and visitors together create a flourishing community that respects the place with its people, culture and nature. Tourism thus creates a collaborative advantage instead of a competitive one. Regional regeneration creates solutions adapted to the unique bio-cultural uniqueness of the place, ensuring greater biodiversity and climate resilience.
During five days ViaVia Tourism Academy guided the stakeholders on a journey towards regenerative tourism in the Karamoja region.
Regenerative Tourism
Regenerative tourism focuses on the place and the local community. Tourism is rooted in the local communities. In which residents, entrepreneurs and visitors create a flourishing community together.
Tourism thus provides a collaborative advantage instead of a competitive one.
Regional regeneration creates solutions adapted to the unique bio-cultural identity of a place and thus ensures greater biodiversity and climate resilience.
This is a pilot project in which we create a global impact from a glocal (global + local) approach, which will also be applied in other regions of Uganda in a next step.
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