Rwanda’s tourism sector is feeling the pinch of the prolonged travel ban by the United Kingdom, which added the country to its red list at the end of January to prevent the spread of new variants of Covid-19.
While all the East African countries are currently on the UK's red list, Rwanda and Burundi were the first countries in the region to be added on the list on January 29. Rwanda protested the ban, saying the “arbitrary decision” by the UK does not “stand up to scientific scrutiny” given the country’s strict enforcement of Covid-19 protocols. The UK has maintained that the decision was taken to minimise the risk of the new variants spreading into the country.
