Govt to renovate 4 airfields to help boost tourism
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government is planning to renovate four airstrips in different parts of the country as part of its strategy to develop the tourism industry. This directive was given by President Museveni to the Minister of Works and Transport and his tourism counterpart during a cabinet meeting last week.
The Minister for Tourism, Wildlife, and Antiquities, Tom Butiime, revealed this while officiating the seventh edition of the Pearl of Africa Tourism Expo-POATE in Munyonyo, Kampala. The President ordered that the airfields of Kasese, Kidepo Pakuba, and Kisoro be tarmacked and coded to enable tourists with private jets to easily access the tourism sites around these fields.
Source: The Independent Uganda