About 5 people won a fully-paid trip to five of Uganda’s national parks, courtesy of Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA).
Prudence Sekoma, Angel Semakula, Allan Mugisha, Oliver Kasita, and Nicholas Owori spent their Easter holiday together with their spouses, friends and family touring Lake Mburo National Park, Queen Elizabeth National Park, Kyambura Gorge, Kazinga Channel, Rwenzori Mountains and Kibale National Park.
The four-day Easter Wildlife Roadtrip was aimed at promoting domestic tourism. Kaddu Sebunya of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) said the local community can be attracted to love domestic tourism if it is packaged to suit them. He advised the private sector to develop events and holiday packages that will add value to the local
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Moses Mapesa the managing director of UWA said that more such originalities aimed at heartening domestic tourism are in progress, as this would help improve both revenues and wildlife conservation.
The initiative will help Ugandan know their country’s tourism potentials and beauty because research has it that many Uganda Locals have never been to these places and neither do they know what these places have to offer for local tourists.
By Tanah Hadijah
