Tourism is a small but growing foreign exchange earner for the country. It is also a big employer of Ugandans in tourist related activities such as the service industries. These include hotel workers, transporters, airline companies, guides, guards, game rangers, souvenir makers and vendors. Even the farmers who supply the food used by the hotels benefit.

The tourism industry thrives on a number of attractions which include: wild game tracking and viewing, bird spotting, sport fishing, tracking, white water rafting and site seeing.

Tourists from Europe and the USA are attracted to Uganda because it has the most diverse range of bird life on the continent and the biggest population of hippo and crocodile in addition to many other rare wild animals. The jewel in Uganda's crown are its primates, with populations of wild chimpanzee, and the very rare mountain gorilla, that can be found by trekking into the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest. This is where the single biggest population of gorillas in the wild is to be found in the whole world. Gorilla tracking on a Uganda Safari is one of the most exciting and memorable wildlife experiences.

Uganda has a number of National Parks, game reserves and forest reserves. They include the following:
· The Queen Elizabeth NP
· Murchinson Falls NP
· Lake Mburo NP
· Kibaale Forest Reserve
· Mount Elgon NP
· The Kidepo valley National Park.
· The Mgahinga NP
· The Bwindi Impenetrable Forest Gorilla sanctuary.
· Semliki game reserve
· The Rwenzori mountain reserve
Uganda has some of the world's most breathtaking landscapes.
The source of the River Nile is found in Uganda.
Besides looking at wild animals in the game parks, tourists can get involved in a lot of other interesting activities.
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