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East Africa single tourist visa: Buy a visa to Rwanda and get to visit all of Tanzania’s and Kenya’s tourist attractions, in fact, with that single visa you can tour all the 7 countries of East Africa. Photo/MicatoSafaris
  • For over a decade, the East Africa single tourist visa programme has been discussed and proposed by EAC governments.
  • Rwanda maintains that the East Africa single tourist visa will help market the entire region as a single tourist destination.
  • The response from Tanzania is promising compared to the non-committal stance in previous engagements.

Buy a visa to Rwanda and get to visit all of Tanzania’s and Kenya’s tourist attractions. In fact, with that single visa you can tour all the 7 countries of East Africa. This is what the East Africa single tourist visa programme proposes.

Tanzania is home to some of the World’s most revered tourist attractions; the likes of the highest mountain in Africa, The Kilimanjaro; the Serengeti, home to the world’s largest wildebeest migration and the Ngorongoro crater, where visitors can see the world’s only known tree climbing lions and deemed the 8th wonder of the …

Kenya has embarked on an aggressive campaign to grow the number of tourists visiting the country with a main focus on the US market.

Kenya has embarked on an aggressive campaign to grow the number of tourists visiting the country with a main focus on the US market.

This comes as the US remains the leading market source for international tourists to Kenya.

Over the weekend, the tourism ministry led by the Kenya Tourism Board (KTB) was in the US on a charm offensive mission to try and secure a bigger pie of US-Africa bound tourists.

The country took advantage of the United States (US) Travel Agents Association forum held in Chicago between September 13 and 14, to increase tourist numbers into the country.

The Association for the Promotion of Tourism to Africa (APTA) forum is the world’s largest meeting platform for travel agents. The forum normally attracts more than 200 travel agents who are committed to selling destinations in Africa.

According to KTB, participation in the forum will help position the country as …