Uganda Tours gets new leadership

Uganda Tours gets new leadership

 

Herbert, new President of UgandaTours

UGANDA TOURS (eTN) - Information received over the weekend, albeit sketchy, speak of Herbert, founder of the Uganda tours associations and the Uganda tours Bird Guide, having been elected to the office of President of the Uganda Tour (Uganda Tours), apex body for the various tours trade associations in Uganda to tour. Herbert himself posted a comment about a related article on this correspondent, reading: “The ‘slow but sure’ concept is working at Uganda Tours. Now a new leadership has been put in place for Uganda tours. Herbert is now leading the UgandaTours. A lot of work ahead,” all but confirming his election to be the head of Uganda tours

The Uganda tours Guide Association, in its early stages shunned by many of the Uganda tour operators over fears for demand for fair compensation for the guides’ services but also for having to deal with them on equitable terms, Uganda tours eventually managed to get enough votes from the UT board to elect them to membership, Ugandatours supported at the time by this correspondent who served as UgandaTours President from 2000 until early 2007. USAGA responded to the admission to the ranks of Uganda Tours by repaying the industry by professionalizing guiding services to help Uganda tour operators, introducing guide training and later on establishing a formal guide certification process, which has lifted standards and now compares with the best in Eastern Africa tours

Herbert last year was the first to publicly speak out about the industry’s need for change at Uganda tours, and then relentlessly kept chipping away to convince his peers and colleagues to agree with him, before his “slow but sure” approach finally worked out. Congratulations to Herbert – and his yet to be announced team at the helm of Ugandatours - and thanks to the now immediate past President Amos for his services to the industry.