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Tourism and Hospitality week to be held in Addis Ababa
Genet Hotel
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – The Catering and Tourism Training Institute (CTTI) under the Ministry of Culture and Tourism (MoCT) is to organise a tourism and hospitality week for the first time.
Officials of the institute indicated that the event that will be held for three days from May 21 will include several events and an exhibition promoting the sector.
Dawit Haile, director of CTTI,...
State secures over 715.4 million Birr from tourism
Lalibela
Bahir Dar, Ethiopia - (ENA) - Over 715.4 million Birr was secured from more than five million tourists, who visited tourist sites in Amhara State during the last nine months, the regional culture and tourism and parks development bureau said.
Public relation head with the bureau, Haileyesus Filate said 4.9 million of the total tourists are Ethiopians.
He said ancient monasteries, the Castle...
Gondar Zone secures over 24 million Birr from tourism
Fasiledes Palace Gondar
Gondar, Ethiopia (ENA) – Over 24 million Birr revenue is secured from nearly 22,000 tourists, who visited tourist attraction sites in North Gonder Zone of Amhara State during the last nine months, the zonal culture and tourism department said.
Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation Officer with the Department, Getachew Tsega told ENA on Wednesday that more than 15,280 of...
Gamogofa Zone secures 40 million Birr from tourism
Crocodiles and Pelicans (Photo: www.johnnyabyssinia.com )
Arba Minch, Ethiopia (ENA) – Over 40 million Birr (a little over $2 million US) was secured from 85,000 tourists, who visited tourist sites in Gamogofa Zone, South Ethiopia Peoples’ State during the last nine months, the zonal culture and tourism as well as government communication affairs department said.
The Department told ENA...
Lucy’s US Tour generates $1.5 million in tourism revenue
Lucy return to Addis Ababa (Photo: AddisFortune.com)
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – After five years on tour in the United States, the 3.2 million year old Ethiopian fossil, Lucy (Dinknesh) returned to Addis Abeba on Wednesday, May 1, 2013.
Lucy left Ethiopia in August 2007, after an agreement was signed between the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and the Houston Museum of Natural Science in July 2007.
Lucy,...
Over 3.7 mln. Birr secured from tourism in Gondar
Semien Mountains National Park
Gondar, Ethiopia (ENA) - Over 3.7 million Birr was secured from more than 13,000 tourists, who visited the Semien Mountains National Park in Amhara State during the last nine months, the Park Office said.
Office Head, Maru Biyadglegn said on Thursday that the amount exceeded by 60,000 Birr that of same period last year.
Maru said some 12,000 of the tourists are foreigners...
Tourism in Ethiopia
By Aude Vogele
Portuguese Bridge in Debre Libanos
Ethiopia hosts increasingly large amounts of tourists. In 2006, tourism counted for 5.5 percent of the Ethiopian Gross Domestic Product.
At this time, Ethiopia welcomed 330,000 tourists. In 2011, this number was already almost twice as 2006: 560,000 tourists came to Ethiopia.
Many reasons explain this increasing number of tourists. First of all, this...
Africa’s Rift Valley from above
German photographer Michael Poliza took to the skies by helicopter to capture the extraordinary landscapes of the Rift Valley in Kenya and Ethiopia from the air. These images appear in his books Kenya and Eyes Over Africa.
The Simien Mountains, Ethiopia A World Heritage Site and national park, with the tallest peak Ras Dashen reaching 4,619 metres, this region is best known as the habitat of Gelada...
New entities to boost the tourism sector
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - Three new entities, Tourism Transformation Agency (TTA), Tourism Council and Tourism Board, will be established with the aim of boosting the tourism sector in the country.
The new draft regulation for the formation of TTA, Tourism council and Tourism board is to be tabled for the Council of Ministers for approval.
The regulation that aims to accelerate investment in the tourism...
Earnings from Tourism expected to reach $3 Billion by end of GTP
“Government to resolve tourism barriers”
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - The highly anticipated Ethiopian Public Private Consultative Forum (EPPCF) on the tourism sector heralding the motto ‘The Ethiopian Tourism Sector: Challenges and Recommendations,’ was convened on April 8 at the Sheraton Addis, in the presence of relevant government officials and representatives of the private sector. The discussion...
