Harari State has earned over nine million Ethiopian birr revenue from tourists who visited tourist attraction sites in the state during the first quarter of the current fiscal year, the State culture, tourism and heritages bureau said.

Tourism Director with the Bureau Yasmin Zekaria told Ethiopian News Agency on Saturday, over 17,150 foreign and local tourists has visited tourist attractions in the regional state. Some 3,143 of the visitors are foreigners from Africa, Asia, Australia and Europe.

The number of tourists and the revenue earned during the reported period has increased by 26 percent and 39 percent, respectively, according to Yasmin.

Harar Jugol, the fortified historic town in the eastern part of the country and the House of the French poet Arthur Rimbaud are among the sites visited by the tourists.

Source: Ethiopian News Agency