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Tourism day celebrations to focus on people with disability

To mark this year’s world Tourism Day Celebrations, the government has decided to focus on people with disability to show that every person should access tourism irrespective of their physical ability.
Ms Emma Nahayo Mugizi the public relations officer Ministry of Tourism, Wildlife and Antiquities says this year’s day is celebrated at Kakyeka stadium in Mbarara district under the theme: Tourism for promoting Universal accessibility. This includes people with disabilities.
There will be activities such as a marathon that will help raise funds to construct a school for people with disability in Mbarara.
She says the country has celebrated this day since its inception with awareness of the great importance that tourism has towards Uganda’s national development.
In recent years the number of people that have opportunity of enjoying vacation has greatly increased.
“According to the recent statistics from the 2015 of the World Tourism Organisation, there were 1,184 billion arrivals of international tourists in the world a number which is projected to reach two billion by 2030,” Ms Nahayo adds.
She says because of its importance tourism is not only an opportunity but a right of every person that should not be limited to certain social classes or specific geographic areas.
This is why the government is trying to promote tourism among people with disability and inform them of their right to tour all the available tourism opportunities in the country.
World Tourism Day celebrated every year on 27 September, is a global observance to highlight tourism’s social, cultural, political and economic value.
The tourism sector is recognized in the National Development Plan 11 and Vision 2040 as one of the fastest growing service sector of the economy and a major foreign exchange earner.

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