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n November 2023, more than          to December 3. Under the banner of
                                                                                                                                                                              300 tourism enthusiasts and         "Consolidating Networks, Synergies
                                                                                                                                                                              experts from Kenya and Ugan-
        Fostering East African Tourism                                                                                                                                 IUganda-Kenya Coast Tourism                & Diversity to Maximize the Tourism
                                                                                                                                                                              da will converge for the 2nd
                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Potential Between Uganda and Kenya
                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Coastal Region," this conference aims
        Excellence: 2nd Uganda-Kenya                                                                                                                                   Conference. This dynamic event will        to forge stronger ties and explore the          Tourism forms a very significant part of Uganda’s
                                                                                                                                                                                                                  immense tourism potential of these
                                                                                                                                                                       take place from the 13th to the 14th
                                                                                                                                                                       of November, with exciting excur-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                  East African nations.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  economy. It contributes more than seven per cent
                                                                                                                                                                       sions along the Kenyan coast from           Kenya serves as Uganda's prima-                of our National GDP and it employs a significant
        Coast Tourism Conference 2023                                                                                                                                  the 15th to the 18th, followed by an       ry source market for tourists, while            number of people.”-Hon. John Mulimba, State
                                                                                                                                                                       enlightening familiarization trip to
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Minister for Foreign Affairs
                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Uganda is Kenya's second-largest
                                                                                                                                                                       Uganda running from November 22            source of tourists. In 2022, Uganda
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