A three-person crew from Kanal Türk TV in Turkey arrived in Uganda on November 10 to film a four-episode series on Uganda’s tourism for their travel show named Dinyayi Geziyoum (I am visiting the world).
The crew who returned home on Monday night following a 15-day tour of Uganda visited several tourist and lodging sites, including the Source of the Nile, Murchison Falls National Park, Queen Elizabeth National Park, Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park and Lake Mburo National Park.
The crew filmed tourism experiences such as wildlife safaris, community and cultural tourism experiences. “Uganda’s tourism will be on Turkish TV for one month,” said Ms Özlem Tunca, the presenter of Dinyayi Geziyoum.
Ms Tunca says the Dinyayi Geziyoum, which was recognised this year as the top documentary television show in Turkey, is viewed by 15 million Turks. She hopes that the episodes on Uganda will help draw the attention of more Turks to Uganda, recently named by travel website Lonely Planet as the world’s leading travel destination for 2012.
The journalists’ journey to Uganda is the brainchild of Turkish Airlines, which early this year launched direct flights from Istanbul to Entebbe Airport.
