Uganda Kenya and Rwanda introduce a Single Tourist Visa

The good news for today is that the heads of state of Rwanda, Kenya, and Uganda officially launched the East Africa single tourist visa. The event was held in Kampala yesterday. The main goal was to assemble the duties that the three nations had been jointly leading over the last few months.

It was an amazing event where three visitors from Spain, the UK, and Canada received fictitious visas from presidents of several nations. Launched on January 1st, 2014, this tourist visa presents the three countries as a unified travel region.

In remembrance of an amazing occasion, Presidents Uhuru Kenyatta of Kenya, Paul Kagame of Rwanda, and Yoweri Museveni of Uganda launched voter cards, student cards, and national identity cards that will allow citizens to travel freely and hassle-free to any country.

Rica Rwigamba, the head of Rwanda’s tourism department, claimed that East Africa will be able to compete favorably with other travel destinations worldwide and commended the concept of a single tourist visa.

She went on to say that visitors have the chance to visit each of these nations on a single roundtrip. They will save a ton of money thanks to this. Laia Sole Amat, a tourist from Barcelona who received a dummy visa from Rwandan President Agape, said that she thought the visa would draw in a lot of travelers from all over the world.

She has something to say: “It’s amazing.” securing a visa for my initial visitation to East Africa. I’m really happy to be witnessing this event. Many folks might like using the visa wherever they are in the world.

According to Stephen Asiimwe, the executive officer of the Uganda Tourism Board, travel industry data globally indicates that travelers are more enthusiastic about the all-encompassing vacation experience.

This visa demonstrates consistent work and cooperation amongst the various tourism boards. As they introduce the corporative marketing strategy, a lot of help will be required.

A single tourist visa costs $100 from the nation that issues it. Although both nations will gain, the issuing nation will receive USD 40 while the other countries will receive USD 30.Kenya was given this task, and it was asked to create a visa application form that would be distributed as quickly as possible to other nations.

The internal affairs, finance, and foreign affairs ministers of these governments were instructed to devise the procedures for a special Visa Fees account. The partner regions’ Ministries of Foreign Affairs were required to verify that all assignments for the East Africa Tourist Visa were completed.