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Virus-Hit Ugandan Tourism To Get European Union Funding Boost

Virus-Hit Ugandan Tourism To Get European Union Funding Boost

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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