‘Tourism sector in need of some digital innovation’
Before COVID-19 virus arrived in Uganda , the tourism sector was registering a steady rise in foreign exchange from tourists . According to the Annual Tourism Sector Performance Report for Financial Year 2018/2019, revenue rose from $1.45 billion in 2017 to $1.6 billion in 2018. Owing to this growth, in the same report, the sector accounted for 7.7 per cent of the national gross domestic product and 6.7 per cent of total national employment through creating 667,600 jobs. With government committing to spend Shs181 billion in the tourism sector in the next financial year. Vivian Lyazi, the tourism manager at the Ministry of Tourism says that the allocation to the sector has been improving over the years however with the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on all sectors there has been spending rationalisation. “We are also engaging the development partners and other government agencies to develop policies and packages that cushion the sector from the adverse effects of the pandem