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Birding Safari In Uganda is the very memorable safari in Uganda one can ever have in life. Early March Wholesale NFL Jerseys Online , Bwindi Impenetrable National Park is the leading Africa’s number one birding site by the African Bird club, ahead of South Africa’s Kruger National Park and Cape Town’s ocean shores. Murchison Falls National Park takes the 9th position among the top 10 birding sites on the continent.



Uganda’s tourism potential is raising at high rate, In June, the Mountains of the Moon (Mt. Rwenzori) was added to the list of accolades, after National Geographic Magazine voted it among the top 15 hiking spots in the world.


Virunga volcanoes in south-western Uganda in October, The magazine nominated as the number one place among the 20 places one has to visit in their life time. A half-page insert described the Virunga Wholesale NFL Jerseys From China , where we find Bwindi and Ngahinga National Parks, as ‘Africa’s Green and Fiery Heart.’ Uganda’s tourism industry continued to receive mileage when a few weeks later, Lonely Planet, the world’s largest travel guide book and digital media publisher, named the Pearl of Africa as the best tourism destination for tourists in 2012.


“Uganda is the river Nile, it’s where savannah meets the vast lakes of East Africa Wholesale NFL Jerseys China , where snow-capped mountains bear down on sprawling jungles and Kampala is one of Africa’s safest places,” the site read in part.


Uganda emerged the number one destination ahead of Myanmar (Burma), Ukraine, Jordan, Denmark, Bhutan Wholesale NFL Jerseys , Cuba, New Caledonia, Taiwan and Switzerland. In November, the National Geographic website again voted the Ishasha tree-climbing lion the best picture for 2011.


The ranking provide a pointer and hope that Uganda’s tourism industry could return to its 1960 glory.“2011 has been a good year, it has created visibility for Uganda but much is needed to showcase our endowments to stimulate domestic, regional and international tourism to benefit from this visibility Wholesale Authentic Jerseys ,” the executive director Uganda Tourism Board, Mr Cuthbert Balinda Bagum said recently.


Uganda’s tourism potential is just immense, bigger than all the other countries in the region including Kenya, Tanzania and Rwanda, although they currently earn much more than Uganda. For instance, apart from wildlife and beaches Wholesale Cheap Jerseys , Kenya and Tanzania don’t have anything more to offer.


Uganda also has a diversity of options including nature-based attractions such as mountain gorillas, over 1,065 bird species, the source of the world’s longest river and the world’s best white water rafting sites to mention but a few. But for their shortage of resources, Kenya, Rwanda and Tanzania make up through aggressive marketing and improved services to sell their destinations.


For instance Wholesale Jerseys Online , Kenya invests $23 million in marketing its tourism annually and is able to earn about $3.5 billion, according to the 2010 data.


Tanzania invests $10 million annually and reaps about $3.2 billion while and Rwanda which sinks $5 million in marketing its tourism sector per year earns $1.2 billion annually.


Uganda on the other hand, which invests $330,000 in marketing settles for $650 million as revenue from the sector, according to the 2010 data. “We still have budget constraints despite the will to market the tourism industry. We are a full ministry but operating on a budget of a department,” Tourism Ministrer Wholesale Jerseys From China , Prof. Ephraim Kamuntu said recently.


However, for the industry to actualise the visibility created by Lonely Planet and National Geographic, players, including the private sector and the Uganda Wildlife Authority, must join hands to brand and market Uganda.