Amhara State has earned over 192.3 million birr revenue from tourism during the first quarter of the current fiscal year, Ethiopian News Agency reported citing the state culture, tourism and parks bureau.

Simeneh Anteneh, public relation expert with the bureau, told Ethiopian News Agency that the state earned the revenue from 1.3 million tourists who visited tourist attractions in the state.

The revenue and number of tourists has increased by 12.2 million birr and 179,000, respectively compared to the same period in the previous year, he said.

The State earned over 933.6 million birr revenue from 6.6 million tourists who visited the sites during the 2005 Ethiopian Fiscal Year.

Tourists attractions visited include, the Blue Nile fountain, Semien Mountains National Park, Lake Tana and its monasteries, Fasil Ghibi as well as the rock-hewn churches of Lalibela, among others.

Source:Ethiopian News Agency