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Tourism board, hotel owners lock horns over new licences

Tourism board, hotel owners lock horns over new licences

Rédaction Africa Links 24 with Uganda Monitor
Published on 2024-10-22 05:15:00

Hotel owners across the country have protested a move by the Uganda Tourism Board to shut down accommodation facilities that are not licensed by the board to operate.

The board, that by the law, regulates the hospitality sector issued a warning that those facilities operating without a licence issued by the board would be closed, sparking off immediate protests from the hotel owners who say they were never informed and consulted in advance.

“The Uganda Tourism Board (UTB), effective November 18, 2024, will commence the closure of all unlicensed accommodation facilities across the…

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