East African countries’ witness launch of single tourist visa
A milestone has been achieved in the East African countries’ quest to deepen their integration with the official launch of the single tourist visa on Thursday.
Tourists visiting Uganda, Rwanda and Kenya will find it much easier and cheaper to travel across the three countries now.
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni, and his Rwandan and Kenyan counterparts Paul Kagame and Uhuru Kenyatta, who arrived in Kampala for the 4th Northern Corridor Integration Projects Summit to speed up regional integration, handed dummy visas to three tourists, marking the official introduction of the single tourist visa.
The multiple-entry visa, which will be valid for 90 days, will cost 100 U.S. dollars. Tourists can apply at any immigration offices of Uganda, Kenya and Rwanda or online. Burundi and Tanzania are yet to come on board.
The visa is expected to reduce the costs of touring across the three countries in a bid to boost the number of tourists.
At the one-day summit, leaders from Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Kenya also discussed key projects such as railway construction, oil refinery development and energy generation.
The last summit was held last October in the Rwandan capital Kigali, where the Single Customs Territory was launched and entered into force on Jan 1, 2014.
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