Visiting Uganda Made Easier With the
New E-Visa Online System
Uganda Reduces Its Single Entry Visa
fee to $50 to be a magnet for Tourists
With effect
from 22nd July 2016, the Ugandan government officially announced
single entry tourist visa fee reduction to 50 USD from 100 USD. The Ugandan Ministry
of Foreign Affairs and the Directorate of Citizenship and Immigration Control notified
all Ugandan land border points to effect changes immediately.
Prior to the
reduction of visa fees, Uganda’s leading promotional and marketing agency UTB (Ugandan
Tourism Board) highlighted high visa fees to have been scaring away tourists
who opted to visit other East African tourist destinations like Kenya and
Rwanda with comparably cheaper visa fees yet with tourism products similar to
those of Uganda.
The launch of
the single East African tourist visa at a fee of $ 100paid once at the entry of
Kenya, Ugandan or Rwanda helped much Uganda to increase on the number of
tourist arrivals as there was convenience for tourists visiting all the
countries without paying visa fees.
For example,
more tourists who visit Rwanda for gorilla tracking end up crossing to Uganda
for better chimpanzee tracking experience and wildlife safari.
Uganda Visa
reduction fee to the affordable $ 50 per person is part of the country’s
strategy to boost tourism and compete favorably with her East African
counterparts. The USD50 visa fee coupled with the new e-visa application system
will conveniently and affordably increase tourist arrivals.In addition, the
Uganda Airlines revival plans are at the doorstep.
Uganda
remains among the top countries with unspoiled wilderness tourist attractions
such as rare mountain gorillas, 10 % of world’s bird species and white water
rafting in addition to rich and friendly cultural diversity which has the
strength and potential to draw large numbers of tourists.
Most tourists
who come into Africa come for good weather, wildlife safaris, cultural tours,
Mountaineering, Primate tracking which includes chimpanzee tracking, golden
monkey tracking, gorilla tracking of which Uganda has a combination of all
these.
writen by Tumwesiga Elly etumwesiga@gmail.com
