The Tourism Information Management System (TIMS) is the Ministry of Tourism, Wildlife and Antiquities' central platform for collecting, managing, and presenting Uganda's tourism statistics — powering evidence-based decisions for the sector.
The Tourism Information Management System (TIMS) is a robust, scalable, and user-friendly platform that collects, processes, and stores data related to Uganda's tourism and hospitality sector. It provides real-time updates on tourism trends and performance, integrated with other relevant sector systems, and hosted by the Government of Uganda.
The data collected and visualised in TIMS is sustained by contributions from partner agencies and institutions under the tourism sector as well as national statistics centers. Tourism is a significant contributor to the economy of Uganda, providing employment opportunities, foreign exchange, and boosting economic growth.
The Ministry of Tourism, Wildlife and Antiquities (MTWA) provides support and advice to all players on the platform working at collecting, managing, and disseminating data related to the tourism industry from the TIMS portal.
9 interactive dashboard tabs with 52+ live charts covering arrivals, departures, parks, museums, accommodation, GDP, jobs, and more — all publicly accessible without login.
Secure, role-based portal for partner agencies to upload tourism data files. Features an approval workflow with auto-upload to the BI system or manual forwarding to BI staff.
A self-serve chart builder on every dashboard tab. Visitors can select a dataset, chart type, dimension, and measure — then download the result as PNG or CSV.
Downloadable statistical reports (PDF) from the Downloads page, plus CSV data exports from every chart on the dashboard. Methodology notes will be published soon.
Search charts by name across all dashboard tabs. Year filter on time-series charts to zoom into specific years. KPI summary strip with live totals at the top of the dashboard.
The system is hosted on secure government infrastructure with continuous monitoring, automated daily backups, and encrypted connections — ensuring tourism data is always available, protected, and up to date.
Tourism data provides comprehensive information about the travel and tourism industry, covering both international and domestic tourism. It includes transaction-level information such as tourism expenditure on flights, car rentals, mode of transport, hotel stays, restaurant visits, and visits to attractions. It also includes data on inbound tourism as well as outbound tourism.
The typical attributes of tourism data available on TIMS include:
Tourism analytics provides actionable insights used in travel intelligence, competitor analysis, price monitoring and optimisation, as well as other related use cases in the travel and tourism industry.
Businesses use several data categories to assess the strengths and weaknesses of their competitors. Based on the insights, they strategise on opportunities and threats in the market. Service providers operating in the tourism, travel, hospitality, and entertainment industries use tourism data for data-driven competitor analysis.
The tourism industry has its own unique challenges and is driven by constantly balancing demand with capacity. Tourism data helps companies monitor product and service pricing across multiple channels, evaluating how consumers respond. Pricing optimisation leverages competitor and market pricing data to determine the right price for maximising profit.
Tourism data provides information about popular destinations, preferred price bands, and consumer response to campaigns. These insights are leveraged for strategising marketing and advertising campaigns for projected revenue.
Insights derived from tourism data about destination locations are used for tourism packages, travel and hotel pricing, and infrastructure planning.
Government agencies and tourism boards use tourism statistics to inform policy decisions, allocate resources, plan infrastructure investments, and measure the economic impact of tourism on the national economy.
TIMS aggregates data from the following partner agencies and institutions. The Ministry works in coordination with these specialist agencies to collect, validate, and present Uganda's tourism statistics on the TIMS platform.
Visit the Statistics Dashboard for interactive charts, or download reports from the Downloads page.
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