As part of strengthening BBFE, the BBFE trail has been operationalized. On April 26, 2019, the Minister of Tourism, Wildlife and Antiquities, the Board and management of Uganda Wildlife Authority, Kisoro district officials launched the BBFE. This became the official opening of the trail to tourists. Among the trained Batwa guides, seven undertook a cross site visit to Maasai as part of strengthening their knowledge on tourism and cultural development.
So far six groups of tourists have visited BBFE and Batwa have started generating income. We also conducted two meetings on marketing strategies. These were conducted in June 2019 with tour operators, lodge managers, government councilors. Marketing materials have been developed. These include; brochures and flyers. As part of marketing we conducted one Radio talk show and one Television talk show. The Television talk show was given free of charge by Vision Group. We also developed a documentary on BBFE as a marketing tool to the global world.
