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Luggya , the Spokesman at the Civil Aviation Authority , (CAA)&nbsp; &nbsp;is attributed to a number of factors, including widespread vaccination across the globe, which has led to relaxation of some previously stringent travel requirements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe fully vaccinated are exempted from PCR test requirements at Entebbe and confidence building measures by airports, including Entebbe &nbsp;and &nbsp;Airlines across the globe have reassured passengers leading to increased travelers,\u201d Luggya added .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other factors for the growth in numbers of people going through Entebbe airport included -the travel by pilgrims to and &nbsp;from Mecca plus Ugandans &nbsp;traveling to the Middle East for employment opportunities.&nbsp; International conferences are back &nbsp;and tourism numbers are rising too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Our Reporter Entebbe International Airport passenger traffic continues to grow with \u00a0156,081 international passengers handled \u00a0in August 2022 (73,899<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6530,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[180,65],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6697","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aviation","category-national-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/10Q28Z1t_400x400.jpg","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":13886,"url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/passenger-traffic-continues-to-grow-at-entebbe-international-airport\/","url_meta":{"origin":6697,"position":0},"title":"Passenger Traffic Continues To Grow At Entebbe International Airport","author":"UgandaUpdate","date":"February 23, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Entebbe International Airport registered 105,320 arriving and 111,420 departing passengers in the month of January 2025, according to figures released by Mr. Vianney Luggya the head of communication at the Uganda Civil Aviation Authority (UCAA) . 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