The event started with a lunch with the French Ambassador to Uganda, the CEO of the Uganda Tourism Board, the Commissioner of Museums and Monuments, the CEO Uganda Hotel Owners Association and the ED of Uganda National Cultural Centre. The cultural and tourism stakeholders shared some relevant information for Karamoja regional tourism development:
The artefacts collected by Sr. John Wilson in the ’80-’90s are finally on their way to Uganda. They will be placed in the new to be built Karamoja Museum in Moroto town.
The Uganda Tourism Board is fully supporting the Karamoja Cultural Event This year taking place in September at Matanya town, Napak district.
The French Embassy is keen to spearhead the organisation of an event to promote Karamoja’s unique products in Kampala.
Kara Tunga Foundation officially opened the Karamoja sub-regional Honey Center in Moroto town. The centre is aimed at promoting beekeeping as a viable business and incentivising environmental conservation.
Voluntary work in Karamoja Uganda – I checked a long existing bucket list item…. a trip to Uganda. What an experience this was! This truly is ‘the pearl of Africa’…
Myself and 30+ friends were keen to explore destination Karamoja. We went for a hike up Mount Moroto, the mountain to likely areas for sight seeing. Owner Theo and other Guides like Brian, Peter, Paul and others delivered a fantastic experience. The hike was not too difficult but we covered different altitudes and habitats and …
The United Nations General Assembly declared 2017 as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development recalling the potential of tourism. During 12 months the organisation features international sustainable tourism initiatives including ourselves. Read the full feature on the campaign website Tourism4Develoment.com
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Official launch ‘Boost employability Karamoja tourism staff’
Today we officially launched the ‘Boost the Employability of Tourism staff in Elgon and Karamoja‘ project! The project is part of a larger initiative to enable sustainable and decent income-generating employability for Ugandan youth.
The French Embassy in Uganda funds the project and is led by EyeOpenerWorks. Karamoja Tourism Academy and Elgon Tourism Academy are implementing partners.
The event started with a lunch with the French Ambassador to Uganda, the CEO of the Uganda Tourism Board, the Commissioner of Museums and Monuments, the CEO Uganda Hotel Owners Association and the ED of Uganda National Cultural Centre. The cultural and tourism stakeholders shared some relevant information for Karamoja regional tourism development:
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