The history of tourism is one of the neglected themes in Ethiopian history. In Ethiopia, the development of modern tourism as an important economic sector can be traced back to the imperial regime. This was when the Ethiopian Tourist Organization (ETO) was founded in 1961. From then until ...
Ethiopia needs to promote sustainable tourism including ecotourism. On the other hand, if tourism is not properly planned and managed, tourism development can lead to negative economic, socio-cultural and environmental impacts. Tourism development in Ethiopia should be based on the principles of ...
An ethnic Kara from the neighboring village of Dus, Birwa is fluent in many of the tribal languages of the Lower Omo and, from this comfortable base in Ethiopia's cultural melting pot, excursions are made to the isolated villages inhabited by the Kara, Hamer and Mursi people. The nearby K...
The objective of the Sustainable Tourism Development Project in Ethiopia is to support the country's efforts to derive maximum benefit from national, regional and international tourism in view of tourism's impact on economic development ...
As a service sector, tourism played a significant role in changing the image of a country, improving and facilitating economic growth and development. The tourism sector in Ethiopia is at its early stage. It has become necessary to pay special attention and a thorough analysis of the number of...
Highlighting the tourism sector's "tremendous contribution" to the Ethiopian economy, serving as a source of foreign exchange, employment, and ensuring sustainable development, she added that Chinese businesses are also playing a significant role in engaging in Ethiopia's tourism sector to meet the ...
Ethiopia and China have expressed their keen interest to cooperate on the development of tourism sector in the East African country.
The article reports on the planned development of the tourism industry in Ethiopia. Topics mentioned include the development of the Ethiopian Tourism Organisation (ETO) that helps to start the tourism destination marketing and de...
However, there is very scant literature dealing with this issue in the developing and politically unstable counties including Ethiopia. To this end, this study attempts to examine tourist satisfaction-loyalty nexus and its implication for sustainable tourism development. Convenience sampling method was ...
"As China has brought huge positive impacts in Ethiopia's development during the last decade, opportunities have grown to exploit the tourism business," Kassaw said, adding "we, however, have failed to exploit this prospect in the tourism sector," the minister pointed out. ...