Uganda, March 28 -- The Uganda Tourism Board (UTB) has called upon hotel owners and tourism stakeholders to embrace grading and classification of their facilities.

The call was made on Wednesday by UTB Chief Executive Officer Lilly Ajarova, during the handover of plaques to 35 hotels which participated in the recent national hotel certification and grading.

"The standard across the board is important for us to know that there is a one star hotel facility, two star, three star, four star and five star. People shouldn't come here and experience a different product from what we are selling to them,'' she explained.

Ajarova noted that while only 35 hotels have so far been graded and classified, Uganda has hundreds of such facilities that s...