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Uganda has beautiful sceneries and dense tropical rainforests-some of the few in Africa, which are a home to roughly half of the world’s mountain gorillas.

Uganda once called "the pearl of Africa" has recently been rebranded to "Uganda gifted by nature" The word " Gifted " in the brand tagline reflects Uganda's extraordinary natural richness and cultural diversity, as well as the talents and abilities of the people - all bestowed as a gift to the world. " Nature " is seen as the giver of Uganda 's uniqueness- dependent on human protection to preserve its uniqueness for future generations.

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The Nigerian High Commission in London has renewed the passport of former Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Malam Nasir el-Rufa'i, after the presidency overruled instructions to deny him. (AllAfrica)

AFRE Chief Executive Officer Patterson Timba has increased his shareholding in Rainbow Tourism Group (RTG) after British millionaire Nicholas Van Hoogstraten sold his 10% stake in the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange-listed hotel and leisure group. This comes after 160 million shares were snapped up on the market by Renaissance Securities, a company controlled by Timba on Tuesday in a deal valued at US$4,8 million. (AllAfrica)

Travelling in Nigeria by air is now safer as government's investment in making the sky safe again has started yielding fruits. (AllAfrica)

The Federal Airports Au-thority of Nigeria (FAAN) has reopened the newly resurfaced Kaduna runway for flight just as the authority announced the commencement of the metal fence project at the Murtala Muhammad International Airport Ikeja, LAgos. (AllAfrica)

Arik Air Airline has announced the secondment of two executives from Arik International SA with the appointment of Mr. John Roijen and Mr. Kevin Dudley as its Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Chief Operating Officer (COO) respectively. (AllAfrica)

Virgin Atlantic Airways has announced the selection of Rolls-Royce Trent 700 engines to power its new Airbus fleet of 10 A330-300s, the aircraft due for delivery from early 2011. (AllAfrica)

Director General of the Nigerian Tourism Development Corporation (NTDC), Otunba Olusegun Runsewe has disclosed that the collaboration between the NTDC and the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) has greatly reduced crime significantly in Nigeria. (AllAfrica)

The long-awaited guidelines on the standard criteria for classification of hotels and other tourism facilities have been launched. (AllAfrica)

In line with the Sheraton Abuja Hotel's Check Out for Children Kids Belong-theme, over 800 boisterous participants from various sectors of the Federal Capital Territory-Abuja converged on the Sheraton Abuja Hotel on October 10, to walk for vulnerable and orphaned Street Children in the country. (AllAfrica)

That Nigeria remains the fastest growing society as far as internet usage is concerned, has become a fact, of sorts, as attested to by the growing subscriber base of not just telecommunication firms operating in the country, but also from the increasing returns posted by a lot of the Internet Service Providers (ISP). (AllAfrica)

STILL bustling in the glory of the Cosafa Senior Challenge Cup win that sent Zimba-bweans from all walks of life celebrating with pomp, zest and funfair, the nation must start building its fortunes around soccer tourism too. (AllAfrica)

The recent introduction of the air passenger duty (APD) for departures from United Kingdom airports to long haul destinations is causing jitters within the tourism industry, with players fearing that they could lose British tourists. (AllAfrica)

Arusha will soon have yet another world-class hotel following injection of multi-million dollars to the rehabilitation of Mount Meru Hotel, along Arusha-Moshi road. (AllAfrica)

The Gambia Tourism Authority (GTA) and partners in the industry; such as Gambia Hotel Association and the Travel Association of the Gambia, yesterday, took group of journalists and tour operators from Germany to a familiarisation tour, dubbed FAM and Press Trip, to enable them experience Gambian tourism products and services. (AllAfrica)

The global Travel & Tourism industry has emerged as one of the 21st Century's most powerful segments of economic and social growth and development. (AllAfrica)

The air collision averted at the Calabar Airport last Friday was caused by an Air Traffic controller who mistakenly asked the two aircrafts involved to descend and ascend to the same 21,000 feet, Minister of Aviation, Babatunde Omotoba said yesterday in Abuja. (AllAfrica)

GLOBAL investment in the hospitality industry had crashed from 127bn in 2007 to less than 2bn in the first quarter of this year, Arthur de Haast, global CEO of hotel advisory group Jones Lang laSalle Hotels said yesterday. (AllAfrica)

One of the objectives of President Ben Ali's 2009-2014 electoral program is to reach 10 million tourist entries by 2014. (AllAfrica)

20-YEAR-old Chipo Pasipamire of Bindura is this year's winner of the Miss Tourism Mashonaland Central after beating 14 other contestants at the provincial beauty pageant held at the weekend. (AllAfrica)

The Mombasa council has won a major concession from hotels over a controversial bed levy. (AllAfrica)

The cash-strapped Mombasa Municipal Council has a reason to smile after winning a major concession from the major hotels over a controversial bed levy. (AllAfrica)

You may have a different opinion but after paying your hard -earned CFA 10,000 for a hotel room, you discover the unexpected. No water and blurred TV images. The hotel proprietor is evasive and bites his lips as he unconvincingly tries to convince. He shouts at his staff for water to be carried from a nearby public tap. (AllAfrica)

Attempts by the former governor of Plateau State, Joshua Dariye to retrieve his passport from the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), suffered a setback on Monday as Justice Abimbola Banjoko of the Abuja High Court , Gudu on Monday, turned down the request. (AllAfrica)

The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), which is investigating the cause of the near collision of a private jet carrying the Akwa Ibom state governor, Godswill Akpabio and an aircraft owned by Allied Air, off Port Harcourt airport, has ordered for the tapes containing discussions between the pilots of the aircraft and that of the air traffic controllers at the Port Harcourt and Calabar airports. (AllAfrica)

The Federal Government has given approval for the construction of a Cargo/Passenger airport in Anambra State. The State Commissioner for Information, Mr. Maja Umeh said the approval had been conveyed to the state government, adding that the Peter Obi administration had resolved in its weekly executive council meeting held yesterday to proceed to acquire land for the establishment of the airport. (AllAfrica)

I have often wondered what we mean when we relax in our arm-chairs and criticize Nigeria for failing to work. Honestly, I am pained that we always find it very easy to lay the blame for our collective failures on someone else while refusing to admit that our own actions and inactions, contribute greatly to our failures. (AllAfrica)

INSPIRED by the need to inform stakeholders on the imperative of deploying Information and Communications Technology (ICT)-based tools for developing the travel, tourism and hospitality sectors, the Tradeblazers Ltd is organizing a 2-day Travel Technology Show Nigeria (TTSN) in Lagos, which has continued to gather momentum. (AllAfrica)

A full recovery in Kenya's tourism sector could come earlier than anticipated following positive signs in the world economy that is expected to uplift travel market. (AllAfrica)

The number of Botswana travellers to South Africa made a quick recovery in three months after declining by a staggering -11.4 percent in the first quarter ending March 2009, reports the latest South African Tourism Index (SATI). (AllAfrica)

Chairman, Zamfara State Pilgrims Welfare Board, Alhaji Ibrahim Mallaha has promised a hitch-free Hajj operation for all intending pilgrims to Mecca during this year's hajj. (AllAfrica)

Cross River State Government has declared that the state would remain the tourism destination of the West African sub-zone, so as to tap from the invaluable wealth in the sector. (AllAfrica)

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