Comments on: Chinese tourism in Uganda – opportunity or threat?

By: the muzungu

the muzungu — Sun, 22 Nov 2020 11:07:54 +0000

In reply to Cutreaso.

Of course 🙂
Good luck!

By: Cutreaso

Cutreaso — Thu, 17 Sep 2020 02:21:31 +0000

Thx for sharing.Great
I planned to go China, but suspended by the coronavirus, so can only learn Chinese at home and took the live online lesson by communicating with native-Chinese teachers from eChineseLearning
It seems good currently. Do you think this method of learning is realistic?

By: the muzungu

the muzungu — Thu, 05 Jul 2018 15:31:44 +0000

In reply to Mukama Chris. You can read Sandra's latest article here: Uganda can Benefit from Growing Chinese Tourists Market into East Africa.

By: Mukama Chris

Mukama Chris — Thu, 05 Jul 2018 11:17:38 +0000

Good and educative podcast.Thanks sandra for your insights.

By: G&H

G&H — Thu, 23 Nov 2017 16:38:00 +0000

In reply to susan.

Thank me…why not?
http://www.GULUANDHIRST.com

By: the muzungu

the muzungu — Mon, 31 Jul 2017 11:37:08 +0000

In reply to susan.

The subject of China in Uganda, and Africa, is huge and this article touches on a few aspects only.
The threat to wildlife from increased arrivals from China (not just tourists, but businessmen too with their networks and investment) is very real.
Some people in tourism industry want to blindly encourage Chinese tourists because of the size of their market – not understanding how different they are in so many ways to the ‘traditional’ Western tourist.
Thanks for the appreciation – more articles on China and Uganda coming soon…

By: susan

susan — Sun, 30 Jul 2017 20:08:05 +0000

Are we actually missing the point of the article? Ugandan wildlife needs to be protected from people who can potentially destroy rather than build it. The Chinese have been known to have a lucrative trade in animals all over the world and this article is trying to educate us all about the dangers. We deviate from the point if we bring up other issues that should be best addressed on a more relevant forum.

Thank you very much mzungublog for the eye opening article.

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Wed, 21 Jun 2017 10:02:49 +0000

[…] the natural death of an elephant, for example) has stimulated unprecedented demand for ivory in China and fuelled the catastrophic levels of ivory poaching across […]

By: the muzungu

the muzungu — Mon, 12 Jun 2017 17:05:46 +0000

In reply to Liz. Gosh, reading all that made me feel quite breathless!

By: Liz

Liz — Mon, 12 Jun 2017 13:08:00 +0000

I disagree with the tone of the article…i feel if this can be written about the ‘average’ Chinese tourist to Uganda then we must be fair and look at all the foreign ‘tourist’ groups–starting with the US / UK ‘Muzungu’ groups. Worse is said about them than is probably published and i may be a little choosing of the Chinese than them. The ‘Muzungu’ tourist groups come in as that ‘tourists’ and yet they are coming to find jobs…use their tourist documents to dodge work permit registration…some end up ‘over-staying’ and then turning into illegal residents at the expense of locals…chances are you will not find this tourist ‘boosting the economy’ but instead somewhere in Owino market trying to buy-off the cheap stuff…it has been mentioned how of late we are having quite ‘too’ many of ‘white’ people flocking in…and it is common to hear that some of these ‘Muzungu’ tourists-later-residents might actually be outlaws in their home countries….oh and recently one made a silly remark as she prepared to return to her ‘Muzungu’ country ”I hate Uganda’ oh plus i bet someone told her when we get tourists we are supposed to cook for them, do their laundry as part of ‘hospitality’…Culturewise?–i would still choose Asia over Muzungu…its usually the Muzungu who will think that everyone is excited to hear them speak luganda or that they can address anyone in any part of Uganda in ‘luganda’ without thinking that sometimes its best to keep what they have learned to themselves as some parts and cultures find ‘luganda’ offensive. It is common to find the Muzungu tourist smoking all over the place and forgetting that we need this country to have clean air instead of trying to make people sick. I look forward to your article on the threats of having white/ Muzungu tourists in Uganda or Africa (beyond ‘natural’ to the environmental, social, moral, cultural, economic, and security aspects ) Thank you.