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ADDIS ABABA- The Tourism Ministry has known as on members of the diplomatic neighborhood and improvement companions based mostly in Addis to take tourism as a precedence space of engagement for the advantage of the individuals and economic system of Ethiopia.
The ministry held a briefing session with members of the diplomatic neighborhood and improvement collaborates right here yesterday underneath the theme the ‘Tourism Growth, Alternative and Challenges.’
Talking on the event Tourism State Minister Seleshi Girma (PhD) stated improvement companions and embassies are anticipated to encourage funding influx within the tourism and hospitality sectors and encourage extra individuals to come back and go to Ethiopia.
Owing to Ethiopia’s huge potential within the tourism sector, embassies and improvement companions have to make the sector a precedence space of intervention and assist each authorities and personal sectors initiatives in tourism in addition to heritage reparations.
“Ethiopia’s strategic location, the respected airways, its various tourism sources and historical past might appeal to extra vacationers throughout the globe. Nonetheless, service high quality assurance, expertise, heritage and wildlife conservation are among the many areas the place we need to collaborate,” the state minister elaborated.
For Shen Qinmin, Deputy Chief of the Chinese language Embassy, Ethiopia’s tourism business is on the transfer and holds an incredible potential sooner or later; expressing his nation’s assist in varied areas together with job creation and financial promotion.
“Ethiopia not solely a good looking nation but additionally wealthy in tradition, historical past and tourism sources as nicely. Each Ethiopia and China are international locations of historic civilizations the place the 2 individuals have loads to share. My embassy is encouraging extra Chinese language vacationers to come back right here.”
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Ethiopia has the most important variety of UNESCO-inscribed cultural websites within the Horn of Africa whereas Asia and China share an incredible useful resource of tourism as nicely. Subsequently, the 2 international locations can work collectively and bridge collectively to let individuals come to go to one another’s websites.
Mentioning the tourism business’s large contribution to the inexperienced improvement initiative, Qinmin asserted his nation’s alignment with Ethiopia and its tourism aspirations.
Moroccan Ambassador to Ethiopia Nezha AlaouiM’hammdi expressed optimism concerning the two international locations capability and eager curiosity to work collectively within the tourism sector. The briefing occasion not solely provides a possible partnership with Ethiopia however it is usually alternative to strengthen the south-south cooperation within the subject of tourism.
“The briefing shouldn’t be solely a approach to market and make recognized Ethiopia however it is usually a wonderful initiative to open our eyes not solely to the diplomatic neighborhood and foreigners but additionally Ethiopians to see how large the nation’s tourism potential is.”
The Ambassador additional highlighted that tourism shouldn’t be solely leisure however it’s deeply linked with tradition and heritages. “Therefore, preserving heritages by restitution of cultural items are essential, on this regard, each international locations are eager and delicate to this matter.”
BY BETELHEM BEDLU
THE ETHIOPIAN HERALD FRIDAY 3 NOVEMBER 2023
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