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Tourism sector of Ethiopia missed its target for the first 9 months of the current fiscal year by only generating 2.7 billion USD from 712,111 tourist.

Ministry of Trade of Ethiopia disclosed it will increase Addis Ababa’s wheat flour and sugar supply as the demand for food items keeps on rising.

Ethiopia’s earning from the leather export has declined, Ethiopian Leather Industry Development Institute (LIDI) disclosed.

Ethiopian Airlines, the fastest growing and the largest African airline, is pleased to announce that it has won the African Aviation ‘African Airline of the Year’ Award for 2016 during the 25th Anniversary African Aviation Air Finance Africa Conference & Exhibition and African Aviation Summit held on May 11, 2016 in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Ethiopian Airlines, the fastest growing and the largest African airline, is pleased to announce that it will start thrice weekly services to Istanbul with the latest B737-800 New Generation with Sky Interior, as of its Winter schedule.

The World Bank Board of Executive Directors approved a 200 million USD International Development Association (IDA)* credit to support the growth and development of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Ethiopia.

One of Ethiopia’s higher education institute, Jimma University, commenced online post graduate program on health education.

Ethiopian Airlines is pleased to announce that Ethiopian Aviation Academy, the largest and the most modern aviation academy in Africa, has been recognized as ICAO Regional Training Center of Excellence on May 11, 2016 at the ICAO’s Global Aviation Training and TRAINAIR PLUS symposium held at Conrad hotel in Seoul, Korea.

Restaurants, lodges and motels in Ethiopia are going to be rated by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism. The rating is going to be based on the level of services they provide for which they will be rated from 1 to 5 stars.

Report by W Hospitality Group disclosed Ethiopia managed to attract 12 international hotel chain development projects which are scheduled for the year 2016.