Category: Travel
Maryam Dengelat is one of the 200 rupestrian churches of Tigray, which according to tradition was dug in the sixth century. The church, situated near Adigrat across the Agame Massif, was inaccessible for about 400 years since a section of…
There’s been a lot of talk about harmful water hyacinth, locally called Emboch, that invaded most of the Ethiopian Rift Valley lakes water and what it means for the surrounding populations that share the lake. One of the lakes infested…
Ermias Yirgalem is a student at Sichuan University, a national university located in Chengdu, the administrative centre of Sichuan Province in Southwest China. He shares his experience of living and studying there. It is now almost a year and a…
Frédéric Garnier, 72, is a retired French dentist who lives in the suburbs of Paris, Chantilly-Gouvieux. He spent the early parts of his life in the eastern town of Ethiopia, Dire Dawa, where his father was working for the Djibouti-Addis…
SENKELE— In the tall-grass woodland of the Great Rift Valley in southern Ethiopia lies the Senkele Swayne’s Hartebeest Sanctuary. The area has long been home to the Swayne’s Hartebeest, an endemic subspecies of antelope known locally as Qorkey. Named after…
Ethiopia is taking part at the international tourism fair in Madrid, the 2019 Madrid International Tourism Fair (FITUR) which opened on Wednesday. Six Ethiopian tour companies, Green Land Ethiopia, FKLM Ethiopia Tours, Ava Tours, Wondu Tours, Ethio Land Tours Operators…
Coming to Armenia is a homecoming, a return to my ancestral homeland. As a fourth-generation descendant, I belong to the minority Armenian community in Ethiopia. I’m an Ethiopian national of Armenian origin. I speak Amharic and some of my favourite…
Ghana may not be known as mass tourist destination but my recent visit to the West African country showed me how wonderful it is and how much potential it has for tourism. I absolutely loved its richness, beauty, warm and…