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Hotels revive plans to open shop in Uganda

Tourists.

Hotels want to cash in on increasing numbers of tourists. PHOTO | FILE | NMG

By  GILBERT MWIJUKE

International hotel brands are angling for Ugandan market amid efforts to jump-start the tourism sector.

In 2020, the International Conference Association ranked Uganda the sixth most popular Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Exhibitions (Mice) destination in Africa. This was to entice international hotel chains to invest in Uganda.

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