More tourists coming?

Responsible Community-Based Tourism is a core activity of the economic empowerment of the NWC and is implemented in accordance with the principles of responsible tourism. In Rwanda, there is a variety of community-based tourism initiatives developed around the Millennium Village Project, however, there are no similar tourist initiatives in an urban environment in Rwanda yet.

The community-based tourism run by the NWC aims to carry out income-generating tourist activities in an urban environment in Kigali, in particularly in Nyamirambo district – a merchant quarter with a majority Muslim population and with numerous religious, cultural and historical sites.

James Scipioni from community-based tourism and eco-tourism agency Go Barefoot (London, UK) paid a visit to NWC on last Friday. He wanted to see the possibilities of including our tours in some of their Rwanda packages. We presented our work and took him for a walk around Nyamirambo.

The tours would give an insight to the visitors and tourists on the every-day life, social events, business etc. in Kigali. Visitors can obtain genuine information and knowledge on Rwandan people and culture, and at the same time they can get an opportunity to become actively involved in the NWC activities through voluntary work or to take part in NWC’s events, workshops and courses such as drumming course, traditional Rwandan dance course, and traditional Rwandan cuisine cooking course etc.).

James Scipioni with local kids in front of tailor's shop at Biryogo