All has been well with Uganda National park tourism since the partial lifting of the lockdown in mid- July last year having seen national parks register an increase in tourist numbers. With an change in marketing strategies by parks such as service subsidies, findings show that more Ugandan domestic tourists have taken up travel and tourism in the recent past.
The Covid- 19 pandemic which affected the country’s national parks’ operations has forced Uganda Wildlife Authority to work with public health officials to navigate the changing conditions, and protect tourists and wildlife health.
After two years of maintaining partial lockdown and curfew, Uganda’s international borders reopened for business in August, but a nationwide curfew was maintained.
International tourism which supports Uganda’s conservation efforts is recovering albeit at a slow pace.
Data obtained from Murchison Falls, Kibale forest, and Semliki national parks which fall in the western arm of the rift valley shows the last two months of 2021 have been the busiest for these national parks.
For instance, Murchison Falls National Park, Uganda’s oldest and largest conservation area registered 9,200 tourists in the month of November, out of which 6,200 were domestic tourists.
The statistics revealed by Amusa Chemonges, the tourism warden at the Murchison falls park, shows a contrast and a steep rise from the 500 tourists, most being from within the country that the park received in August.
“The biggest number of tourists that we receive here in Murchison Falls are local tourists and the numbers increasing steadily every month,” he said.
Murchison Falls National Park, Uganda’s oldest and largest conservation area registered 9,200 tourists in the month of November, out of which 6,200 were domestic tourists.
“The biggest number of tourists that we receive here in Murchison Falls are local tourists and the numbers increasing steadily every month,” he said.
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