Category: Regional Tourism
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East Africa in the Global Tourism
Tourism in East Africa is a vibrant and crucial sector for the region’s economies, renowned globally for its diverse natural beauty, abundant wildlife, and rich cultural heritage. It’s a key driver of economic growth, employment, and foreign exchange earnings for countries like Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, and Rwanda. Here’s a general description
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Foundation for Regional Tourism in Africa
We are the people of Kitara Foundation for Regional Tourism Development. Based in Fort Portal Tourism City (the tourism capital of Uganda), Kitara Foundation is aimed at strengthening coordination, promotion, and preservation of tourism ecosystem services relevant for job skills creation while ensuring continuous benefits of tourism to the local people of Kitara region and…
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Uplifting Communities Through Tourism in Africa
Uplifting Communities Through Tourism: People, Nature, and Economy. Tourism and Sustainable transformation.
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How to Market your Tourism Destination:
Simpler than most businesses, tourism is easily marketed online using online platforms including website, blog and a host of social media platforms. You need a simple Website or blog for marketing your Tourism products; Whereas each tourism product can have its own website, tourism entrepreneurs in one region can use a joint website to market…
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Community Tourism with Hosting Volunteers in Africa
Community Development is possible when the right indigenous people think with the right external friends. Uplifting Communities Through Tourism; How do you invite tourists to visit your villages and earn economic benefits from them; A community by definition implies individuals with some kind of collective responsibility, and the ability to make decisions by representative bodies. …
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Networks for Tourism and Hospitality Development in Africa
Originally posted on KITARA FOUNDATION FOR SUSTAINABLE TOURISM: Transforming Communities through Travel Partnerships. Email: kitararcc@gmail.com;: Kitara Region (Western Uganda): Kitara area lies across the Equator right in the heart of East Africa. The history of Kitara dates as far back as 1889 when Uganda was still a British protectorate and this region was…
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Explore West Tourism Campaign reach to Fort Portal
Explore West Tourism Campaign – A Success in Uganda’s Tourism Marketing Hundreds of domestic tourists who embarked on a Five – days tourism excursion to Western Uganda in a campaign dubbed Explore West concluded the trail on Sunday 9th April evening. The team that began the journey enroute to Western Uganda on Wednesday 5th April…
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Regional Tourism in Africa
At Kitara Foundation for Regional Tourism we are passionate about tourism at two regional levels; the Kitara region and the East African Community as a region. Tourism plays a significant part in East Africa’s economy, contributing to both GDP and employment. This is particularly true for East Africa regional economies, where tourism often accounts for…
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Kitara Foundation for Regional Tourism in Africa
Our Vision: A Sustainable Competitive Tourism and hospitality Industry in the region. Our Mission: To Contribute to the transformation of the Tourism and hospitality industry in the region through Networking, marketing, building linkages and community participation in the regional Tourism and hospitality development industry. Our Goal: The leading Facilitator of Tourism and hospitality development, well…
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Tourism in Africa is about Nature, People and Economy
Kitara Foundation for Regional Tourism adopts the Nature, People and Economy practice from the European Union (EU) Plan. The EU Action Plan for nature, people and the economy was adopted in April 2017 as follow up to an evaluation of the EU Birds and Habitats Directives. It aims to strategically boost the implementation and realize…
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How can we make Africa Great Again?
Mission to Make Africa Great Again Once Upon a Time… Africa was Great. Up until the end of the medieval ages, many great Kingdoms flourished across the vast expanse of land called Africa. The impact of many ancient African civilizations can still be seen today in many shapes and forms around the world. It is…
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We are on a Mission to Make Africa Great Again
Once Upon a Time… Africa was Great. Up until the end of the medieval ages, many great Kingdoms flourished across the vast expanse of land called Africa. The impact of many ancient African civilizations can still be seen today in many shapes and forms around the world. It is true that Homo Sapiens is believed…
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Keeping The Kins Heart in African Regional Tourism
The Heart that Gives, Gathers: (Proverbs 22:9-19 Generous hands are blessed hands because they give bread to the poor). At Kitara Foundation we give from the heart. Many of us dip into our pockets to give to the cause or charity closest to our hearts. We know that our gifts, no matter how meagre, will…
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The Kins Foundation for Regional Development
Who We Are? Kins Foundation of Africa is a Regional Development arm of Kitara Foundation for Regional Tourism. Without a solid regional development agenda, tourism development would have no focus. Therefore, through the Kins Foundation of Africa, our Regional and Local Tourism development will be possible and meaningful. The Kins Foundation of Africa The Kins…
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Fort Portal City, your home in Africa
Partner with Kitara Foundation, Start a lifetime investment in Fort Portal City, the Tourism Capital of Uganda Located at the foothills of Rwenzori mountains in the Tooro Kingdom, the kingdom with the world’s youngest king – King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru, Fort Portal is one of the fastest growing cities in Africa. Since Fort Portal City…
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Fort Portal City, a Place called your Home
A new City in the Pearl of Africa is born. Fort Portal City (named after one Sir Gerald Portal a famous Colonial ruler). Partner with Kitara Foundation, Start your own Investment in Fort Portal City, the Tourism Capital of Uganda Located in the Tooro Kingdom, the world’s kingdom with the youngest king – King Oyo…
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The United Church of Africa- A Church beyond Denominations
The House of Prayer for all Nations; Religious Tourism is part of our work at Kitara Foundation. Jesus makes reference to two passages of scripture in the bible. The first is Isaiah 56:7. I will bring them to my holy mountain of Jerusalem and will fill them with joy in my house of prayer. I…
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