The 3rd Ekyooto (Uganda International Cultural Tourism Fair) 21st -23rd September 2018

The 3rd Ekyooto (Uganda International Cultural Tourism Fair) 21st -23rd September 2018

The 3rd Uganda International Cultural Tourism Fair under the theme “Our Diverse Cultures Empowering Each Other” is bringing together a diversity of communities both local and international, women and youths, family and exhibitors of a variety of products.

It is a cultural market for all forms of art ie music, dance, drama, comedy, visual arts, foods and beverages, local brew, fashion, poetry, storytelling, exhibition of arts and crafts from different regions of Africa and beyond Africa. This fair gives an opportunity to a global community to sign up for great artists, buy cultural artifacts and showcase cultural innovations.

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This fair further seeks to contribute to the global Strategic Development Goals (SDGs) by creating employment opportunities among youths and women, promoting both blue and green economy by tackling linkages between culture and conservation. It is visited by cultural leaders and patriots, tourists, corporate, families, schools, business communities that believe in celebrating synergies brought together by a diversity of cultures.

The specific objectives of this fair are:

  • To attract at least 300 exhibitors of Africa’s most interesting cultural products like artefacts, memorabilia, cuisines, fashion, music, dance and drama, empowering them to showcase their culture, as well as exhibitors from other parts of the world; of the 300, 100 should be youth and at least 70 should be women
  • To attract at least 20,000 tourists to the expo; from Uganda, East Africa region, the rest of Africa and the international community
  • To create employment opportunities by giving skills to youths and women on how to produce and brand commercial artifacts, memorabilia among other cultural tourism products for both domestic and International market
  • To increase export of tourism products like artifacts, crafts, memorabilia, music, food and fashion
  • Identifying, facilitating and training at least 100 exhibitors with unique talents that have potential to be developed and added onto the tourism value chain

The 2nd Uganda International Cultural Tourism Fair attracted over 10,000 visitors both local and International. This year, the target is to attract at least 20,000 visitors, it will be held at Uganda Museum from 21st September-23rd September, 2018. The Fair will comprise activities including:

  • Thematic side conferences on:  Culture and conservation ( Wildlife, climate & Water), Culture and financial empowerment, Culture and Family, Culture and Peace, and Culture and policy
  • School Quiz competitions at the level of primary, secondary and tertiary institutions, topics will cover conservation ie wildlife, climate& water, food, Music, Cultural events, sites, fashion and cultural diversity among other things
  • The East Africa High Level Thematic policy discussion, this will comprise Parliamentarians from the  East African member States, Ministers of Culture and ministers of tourism across Africa  deliberating on key issues of cultural tourism
  • Story Telling sessions around  (EKYOOTO) bringing together the humanity regardless of their color, religion, race and background among other things
  • Wildlife Exhibition and education by Entebbe Zoo with main focus on totems as spiritual emblems that demonstrate conservation challenges stemming from ancient times of our fore fathers
  • Cultural exhibitions by different communities both local and international, among the things to be exhibited will include foods, fashion, key cultural/economic activities like iron smelting, weaving, backcloth making, music, dance, poetry, storytelling, senga sessions among other things
  • Awarding different categories including best exhibitors, best unique talents with potential to be developed, best essays, most culturally aware schools from the quiz competitions among other categories.

This fair presents an opportunity for all patriots to come together and celebrate each other in diversity.

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