Uganda Wins Gold Award at 2019 Indaba Tourism Fair in South Africa Enhancing its Tourism
Uganda emerged best exhibitor winning Gold
in the South African Development Community and Africa category at Africa’s premier
expo, the Indaba Tourism Fair. There were at least 10 Ugandan exhibiting companies that included Abacus
African Vacations, Asyanut Safari Incentives, Bantu Africa Travel, Gecko
Safaris, Parkview Safaris, Speke Uganda Holidays, Uganda Safari Chapter, among
others. This is
the third time that Uganda is winning big at Africa Travels Indaba.
The UTB Chief Executive Officer Mrs Lilly Ajarova said that this feat
shows that Uganda is now positioning itself to take its rightful place in
Africa and the world as a premier destination country. She said that they put a
lot of work into the exhibition stall to ensure that it captures all elements
of tourism in the country; that is wildlife and cultural heritage, whilst also
ensuring that the spacing would enable close interaction with visitors.
Uganda`s
ability to win gold as the best exhibitor at this year’s Indaba fair shows a testimony
of the immense natural endowment and also the worlds appreciation of the
countries tourism potential and hence calls for a concerted efforts to market
the country to the world.
Uganda’s stands have always had increased activity at many of the global
expos in which it takes part and received accolades for its creative showcase
and engagement i.e. Uganda has emerged among the best exhibitors at tourism
expos such as ITB Berlin, the Bird Fair in London, UK in 2017 and the Kenya
Tourism expo.
The Africa
Travels Indaba is a tourism expo hosted by South African Tourism and attended
by both tourism buyers and sellers from all over the world at the International
Convention Center in Durban, South Africa and it is the third largest annual
tourism expo in the world and the largest on the African continent by far.
The Africa
Travels Indaba is also a leading Business-to-Business exhibition for Africa’s
leisure travel industry; bringing the World to Africa and bringing Africa to
the world.
Uganda`s showcase
was represented by a delegation comprising 13 private tour operators and
government agencies led by officials from UTB and some of the government
agencies attending the 2019 event include; Kampala Capital City Authority,
Uganda Wildlife Authority and Civil Aviation Authority to mention but a few.
There were
also private tour operators from Uganda which included;
Parkview
Safaris and Lodges
Speke
Uganda Holidays
Nkuringo
Safaris Ltd
Asyanut
Safaris and Incentives
Uganda
Safari Chapter
Abacus
African Vacations
East
African Vacations
Ngamba
Island Chimpanzee Sanctuary and Chimpanzee Trust
Over 7,000 delegates from over 80 countries attended the Indaba Fair
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