Uganda’s expo goes virtual to revive tourism sector

Traditional dancers.

Traditional dancers perform at a Pearl of Africa tourism Expo in Kampala. PHOTO | MORGAN MBABAZI | NMG

Tourism authorities in Uganda are targeting about Ush12.2 billion ($3.3m) as return on investments from this year’s Pearl of Africa Tourism Expo (POATE) slated for between April 23 and 25.

The 6th edition of the annual expo was earlier scheduled for February but could not take off due to measures put in place by the government to contain spread of Covid-19.