Rwanda,Kenya & Uganda Agree Joint Visa to Promote Tourism

{{Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda have agreed to have a joint tourist visa to attract more visitors to the countries, a principal secretary has said.}}

Mohamed Ibrahim of Kenya’s Commerce and Tourism said the visa is to facilitate and ease international arrivals to partner states.

“To promote regional tourism, the partner states further agreed to allow their people to use national identity cards while crossing respective borders and air travel within the states,” Dr Ibrahim said.

Addressing a World Tourism Organisation General Assembly in Zimbabwe, Dr Ibrahim said in a speech made available to the Nation that national borders should not be barriers to tourism growth.

Dr Ibrahim said as an East Africa regional air travel hub, Kenya has embarked on an expansion process of its key airports.

“We believe our success in this effort will spur tourism growth in Kenya and within the region,” Dr Ibrahim said.

{Mohamed Ibrahim of Kenya’s Commerce and Tourism}