Travel bans, quarantine rules bruise local tourism

Tourism Rwanda.

Rwanda's local tourism sector has been hampered by lack of a pragmatic strategy and the ever-changing coronavirus containment measures in the country. PHOTO | FILE | NMG

Travel bans and strict coronavirus protocols implemented by key tourist source markets for Rwanda threaten businesses with closure.

“The industry is really quiet now. The blacklisting of Rwanda by the UK and China at some point added salt to injury. It's only a few high-end tourists who have been coming,” said Andrew Gatera founder of G-Step tours.