Virus-Hit Ugandan Tourism To Get European Union Funding Boost

(Bloomberg) -- The European Union plans financial support for Uganda’s tourism industry, where the coronavirus pandemic forced authorities to close wildlife parks, including those famed for gorilla-trekking, for months.

The EU is looking to provide a loan of 40 billion shillings ($10.8 million) and a grant of 21.8 billion shillings, Uganda Development Bank, the state-owned lender handling the funding, said in a statement published in New Vision newspaper.

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