{UAH} Tourism in Rwanda: genocide memorials and gorillas
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Tourism in Rwanda: genocide memorials and gorillas
By AFP, August 01, 2013
Tourism in Rwanda: genocide memorials as well as gorillas
KIGALI: Rwanda, which has staged a remarkable recovery in the years since the 1994 genocide, has opened visitors' eyes to its past by putting its genocide memorials on the tourist circuit, alongside its iconic mountain gorillas.
The aim, tour operators and government officials say, is to enable tourists to understand the country's recent history and to appreciate the scale of the progress achieved.
In the garden of the main genocide memorial in Kigali's Gisozi district, Anne Porbadnigk, a 30-year-old from Berlin, stops in front of every commemorative plaque, listening carefully to her audio-guide.
"It's actually our first day here. We arrived four hours ago," she told AFP.
Both Porbadnigk and the friend she is with say in order to comprehend modern Rwanda, they need to understand "not only what happened but also how the pe
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