comcomunity tourism is key player for Ugandan economy

It community tourism provides jobs and offers market to products produced in local communities. Community based tourism and tourism is key player for Uganda. The model ofcommunity based tourism revolves around individuals, households, communities, their cultures and the environment. COBATI's award winning founder Maria Baryamujura, has been concerned about the complete lack of participation of local people in their natural and cultural resources, and the alarming levels of poverty in rural households in Kyarumba,Kasese Uganda. IMPACTS OF COMMUNITY TOURISM IN KYARUMBA KASESE UGANDA 14 PEOPLE PLUS LIVELIHOODS OF WOMEN IMPROVED IN COMMUNITY TOURISM PROJECTS 500 COMMUNITY TRAINING CENTRES ESTABLISHED TO TRAIN YOUTH AND EMPOWER RURAL WOMEN 24 PLUS PARTNERSHIPS FORMED TO COMBAT RURAL POVERTY THROUGH EMPOWERMENT 5 PLUS AWARDS RECEIVED IN RECOGNITION OF CONSERVATION AND ADVOCACY ACTIVITIES OVER 400 JOBS HAVE BEEN CREATED AND MARKET FOR RURAL PEODUCTS