COVID-19 and tourism Archives

COVID-19: Tourism ministry issues Standard Operating Procedures For Hospitality facilities

CEO ReporterThe Big StoryJune 5, 2020June 6, 2020

Below, we reproduce the guidelines by the Tourism Ministry and the Uganda Tourism Board (UTB) this month. Introduction The global outbreak of the Covid ’19 pandemic has had a profound…

TOURISM & COVID-19: This is the time for government and private sector to craft and implement a recovery master plan

Muhereza KyamuteteraThought LeadershipApril 21, 2020April 21, 2020

In Uganda, Tourism has been the leading foreign exchange earner, accounting for US$ 1.6 billion. The sector has been contributing approximately 8% of the GDP and supports 667,600 jobs directly…

COVID-19: Speke Resort and Commonwealth Munyonyo Close Down; several other hotels said to be fully or partially closed

Muhereza KyamuteteraThe Big StoryMarch 26, 2020March 26, 2020

As the knock-on effects of the deadly COVID-19 begin to bite deep, the Ruparelia Group is closing down its two flagship hotels- Speke Resort and Conference Centre, Munyonyo Commonwealth Resort…

Cancelled bookings, empty rooms and ballooning overheads: Uganda’s tourism sector counts COVID-19 costs- and it’s just the start

Muhereza KyamuteteraThe Big StoryMarch 25, 2020March 26, 2020

Although Uganda had as of March 15, 2020, not yet registered a single case of the deadly COVID-19 top five Kampala hotels had registered a loss of an estimated USD…