they’re called the rubber guri
superstars and it’s easy to see why they
sing and dance with unrestrained passion
it’s their way of sharing their culture
with us it’s a cultural tour but it’s
also a sign a clear signal that this
community is ready to welcome visitors
there’s a group of guerrillas living in
the force near their town and they hope
tourists will soon be allowed into the
park to visit them that’s because
guerrilla tourism is this region’s new
cash crop it’s changing not only the
lives of Africans who live around
burundi National Park but the landscape
of this country as well although Uganda
is rich in natural resources it remained
one of the world’s poorest and least
developed countries until the 1990s
political stability and economic reforms
have turned things around clearing the
way for tourism and new opportunities
these days tourism is the second largest
source of revenue in Uganda right behind
agriculture 75% of that money is being
generated by adventurous people coming
to see the gorillas the smokebox 300m
fatzke lolitas alfred twin imagining is
a wildlife guide in the park before this
park was gazetted people are depending
on the tea only as a source of income
tea yeah that’s it that’s it but now it
many a depending on Troy is now mostly
they depend on tracking and park
entrance fees it’s two hundred fifty
dollars per person or 435,000 Ugandan
showings to track gorillas for a day
plus fifteen dollars to get into the
wind
a percentage of that revenue goes into
the communities coffers boosting incomes
and funding projects like new schools in
this country where the average income is
only about three hundred dollars a year
a little bit goes a long way the money
spent here boosts the conservation of
the endangered mountain gorillas tourism
makes the animals valuable resources
thank you and gives local people
incentive to preserve them guide may dad
has worked here at the park since it
opened the tourists are bringing money
to the country so the people who are
benefitting from tourism they also
continuum protecting them that’s what
it’s all about benefits for the locals
respect for the animals and as long as
tourism is managed carefully the
gorillas may have a better shot at
survival and local people like the
rubber guri superstars will have reason
to hope and real cause to kick up their
heels and celebrate
you
superstars and it’s easy to see why they
sing and dance with unrestrained passion
it’s their way of sharing their culture
with us it’s a cultural tour but it’s
also a sign a clear signal that this
community is ready to welcome visitors
there’s a group of guerrillas living in
the force near their town and they hope
tourists will soon be allowed into the
park to visit them that’s because
guerrilla tourism is this region’s new
cash crop it’s changing not only the
lives of Africans who live around
burundi National Park but the landscape
of this country as well although Uganda
is rich in natural resources it remained
one of the world’s poorest and least
developed countries until the 1990s
political stability and economic reforms
have turned things around clearing the
way for tourism and new opportunities
these days tourism is the second largest
source of revenue in Uganda right behind
agriculture 75% of that money is being
generated by adventurous people coming
to see the gorillas the smokebox 300m
fatzke lolitas alfred twin imagining is
a wildlife guide in the park before this
park was gazetted people are depending
on the tea only as a source of income
tea yeah that’s it that’s it but now it
many a depending on Troy is now mostly
they depend on tracking and park
entrance fees it’s two hundred fifty
dollars per person or 435,000 Ugandan
showings to track gorillas for a day
plus fifteen dollars to get into the
wind
a percentage of that revenue goes into
the communities coffers boosting incomes
and funding projects like new schools in
this country where the average income is
only about three hundred dollars a year
a little bit goes a long way the money
spent here boosts the conservation of
the endangered mountain gorillas tourism
makes the animals valuable resources
thank you and gives local people
incentive to preserve them guide may dad
has worked here at the park since it
opened the tourists are bringing money
to the country so the people who are
benefitting from tourism they also
continuum protecting them that’s what
it’s all about benefits for the locals
respect for the animals and as long as
tourism is managed carefully the
gorillas may have a better shot at
survival and local people like the
rubber guri superstars will have reason
to hope and real cause to kick up their
heels and celebrate
you
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