21 Oct 2022

Kenya: Uganda Moves to Tap Into Kenya's Booming Coastal Tourism

Uganda is seeking partnership that will see the Pearl of Africa tap into the big number of visitors to Kenya's coastal towns and the respective beaches on the coast.

Every year thousands of visitors, especially from Europe, America and beyond visit the Kenyan coast to enjoy various tourism products including the historical Fort Jesus, beaches, resorts, marine national parks, elephant sanctuary, the dolphins, slave caves, sacred forests , Vasco Da Gama Fort, white sands, coral reefs , diving and snorkeling among others.

However, most of these visitors end normally end their trips at the Kenyan coast yet there are many other completely different attractions in Uganda that would sway them to visit in a bid to have fulfilling experiences.

For example, adventure tourism, cultural tourism and eco-tourism are so much rooted in Uganda and can attract a large number of tourists as well as the unique safaris, mountain gorillas rare tree climbing lions and the over 1063 bird species to the country which is also the source of the Nile, the world's longest river.

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Source: allAfrica