Ethiopia earned 462 million US dollars from the tourism sector in the last financial year according to the Ministry of Culture and Tourism.
The revenue was earned from 584,000 tourists who were entered the country to visit an range of tourist attractions around the country explained Awoke Tenaw, Director of Public and International Relations with the Ministry.
The number of tourists into the country increased by 14% in the last year while the revenue for the sector showed an increase by 69% in the financial year as compared to the previous budget year according to Awoke.
A significant percentage of the tourists who visited the country’s historical sites came from Germany, England, France, Italy and the United States he said.The increase in the number of tourists and in the revenue from the sector can be attributed to the promotional work conducted and the enhanced infrastructure around the historical sites claimed Awoke.
The tourism sector has generated more than 224 thousand jobs so far he said.
Source: Ethiopian Herald
