Course Description & Objectives:
- Culture and heritage tourism; the evolution and characteristics of ethnic cultures in Uganda and the rest of East Africa,
- Planning for the development of cultural tourism basing cultural products like traditional/cultural songs, dances, poems, religion, architecture, art and sculptures, customs and rituals, etc.
- Concept of hospitality, social economic and political organization of societies in East Africa, Traditional sites and shrines as tourism attractions.
- The conflicts between preservation of cultural heritage and development of tourism and leisure.
- Uganda’s diverse cultures as tourist attractions, and development of alternative tourism projects,
- Case study of interactions between Uganda’s host communities and socio-cultural and economic impacts of tourism development.
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