Tourism in Ethiopia
Tourism in Ethiopia is flourishing, as the country is one of the oldest civilizations in the world and have left numerous monuments to past dynasties of the Aksumite Empire and the Empire of Abyssinia. Moreover, the country has to offer a special on the African continent natural world due to its high altitude, the climatic conditions and the resulting development of flora and fauna, its use, however, would only be for the purposes of ecotourism useful.
Tourism accounts within the economy of Ethiopia from 5.5% of total gross domestic product and has increased by 2% over the previous year. The government proves their commitment and their determination to develop the tourism industry through a series of initiatives. Tourism is a component capable of working strategy to reduce poverty in Ethiopia and to stimulate economic development.
- 3.1 Culture
- 3.2 Nature
- 5.1 Travel Information
- 5.2 travelogues
- 5.3 Blogs
- 5.4 news
Ethiopia as a travel destination
Tourist destinations in Ethiopia include Ethiopian collection of national parks (especially the Semien National Park ) and numerous historical sites with one (especially in Axum and Lalibela ).
Flourishing in the 1960s, the importance of tourism to the economy of Ethiopia fell under the Derg regime in the late 1970s and 1980s sharply. A small recovery began in the 1990s, but the growth due to the drought, political instability and the lack of probaten hotels and other infrastructure is inhibited - despite the boom in the construction of small and medium-sized restaurants and hotels. The political events surrounding the election of May 2005 and the structural weakness of the country shall, in particular for the tourism sector a problem dar. Not even the international attendant publicity by the return of the Aksum obelisk from Rome and a major concert to Bob Marley's 60th birthday was in same year, nothing change.
Tourist infrastructure
Nights
Travel has a long tradition, so there is anywhere in the country, no matter how small the place so called hotels in Ethiopia. Their standard, particularly in remote areas, getting used to. Through the conferences, based in Addis Ababa organizations of the African Union and the United Nations Commission for Africa, the major hotels in the capital are regularly booked out. Therefore, followed in January 2005, the decision to erect two new hotels for a total of 17 million U.S. dollars by a Kuwaiti - French consortium. In northern Ethiopia, there is the Historic Route. There is a hotel in any city of the State-owned hotel chain, which is "Western" standards.
Mobility
All cities are served by Ethiopian Airlines.
Local service
The largest tour operator locally is the Ethiopian Ministry of Culture and Tourism, which had produced whenever a large-scale organization for an event to mark the Ethiopian Millennium in 2007.
A positive aspect is that the popularity of ecotourism is increasing where there's still a significant potential for growth in Ethiopia. In the tourism industry is a high growth is expected, since there is already increased in 2006 by 7% in 2007 to 5%. Sales are mainly from the growing interest of package deals for ecotourism - increased, which make up a large part of the revenue of the tour operator - including adventure travel, trekking and walking safaris
Attractions
Attractions include Bahir Dar on Lake Tana, ( Blue ) Nile case Gondar / Gonder ( baroque palace complex ), Simien National Park, Axum ( Cathedral, stelae fields), Lalibela ( rock-hewn churches ), Awash National Park ( with Awash waterfall ) Langano Lake, Dire Dawa ( French flair ).
Culture
- Churches in Lalibela
- Palace in Gondar
- Seeing and experiencing is also Harar (90 mosques, Rimbaud House, World Heritage Site).
- Monasteries on Lake Tana
Nature
- The Danakil desert ( by Rüdiger Nehberg crosses in the 1970 walk)
- Simien National Park
- Bale Mountains National Park
- Lake Tana