PART1: DISCOVERING ETHIOPIA TOURISM POTENTIAL

PART1: DISCOVERING ETHIOPIA TOURISM POTENTIAL

Media has a pervasive power for good or bad. Ethiopia suffers a lot from negative media presentations, even though the country hosts many glamorous conferences. And also its tangible and intangible tourist attractions can serve as a tool to change the images of the...
THE FESTIVAL OF TIMQAT, ETHIOPIAN EPIPHANY

THE FESTIVAL OF TIMQAT, ETHIOPIAN EPIPHANY

The festival of Timqat (Ethiopian Epiphany) is the biggest and most fascinating annual holiday celebration of the year in Ethiopia and registered recently by UNESCO as one of the world’s intangible heritages. It is observed on Tirr 11 (January 19) every year to...
THE TWELVE ROCK-CUT CHURCHES COMPLEX IN LALIBELA

THE TWELVE ROCK-CUT CHURCHES COMPLEX IN LALIBELA

The twelve rock-cut churches complex in the city of Lalibela, Ethiopia, constitutes one of the world’s great architectural ensembles. The northern Ethiopian town of Lalibela contains the highest concentration of rock-hewn churches in the country. Constituting the...