Singer, Jose Chameleone, comedian Teacher Mpamire and kickboxer, Moses Golola have been confirmed as the lead entertainers during the four-day trip to Northern Uganda.
The trio were unveiled by the state Minister for Tourism Wildlife and Antiquities Hon. Martine Mugarra Bahunduka during the launch of the domestic tourism caravan at the Sheraton Hotel in Kampala.
Minister Mugarra described this campaign as yet another opportunity to cast the light onto the northern part of the country as one of the ways to encourage domestic tourism, discover new itineraries but also grow the tourism numbers.
“The Global Covid-19 has gone to records as the biggest setback to our industry. Tourism was the leading sector prior to the pandemic brining in the highest amounts of foreign exchange into the country. After Covid, we realized the need to push the drive for marketing Uganda for the domestic market. Such drives like the Explore North will help us increase the numbers of domestic tourists but also help us cast the spotlight onto our tourist attractions. Having Ugandans travel will help us have a more resilient tourism sector,” Mugarra said adding that that even numbers have started increasing again.
“He noted that we are likely to hit one million Ugandans visiting all the tourist sites this year because during the pandemic the country was around 132,000 but by the end of last year, we had around 890,000 Ugandans visiting the same sites. I want to assure you that we on right track and soon getting there”
Speaking during the launch, the Gwanga Mujje star Jose Chameleone said he is ready for the task after describing himself as the biggest entertainment asset Uganda has.
“I am a big attraction to this country musically but now is the time to attract people to Uganda in terms of tourism. Uganda is a beauty with a lot of attractions for the world to visit and explore. Can you imagine I have friends that find during flights and when you ask where they are going, they say they are headed to Kenya to tour yet we have all that Kenya has. It is high time Ugandans started visiting their own country,”Chameleone said.
