MIDROC-Ethiopia Group is desirous to engage in tourism sector in Lalibela town of North Wollo Zone of Amhara State.

The Gondar Zone Culture and Tourism Department said it has planned to secure 39.7 million Birr in revenue from tourism sector this year.

About 24,000 foreign tourists visited the Rock Hewn Churches of Lalibela during the past Ethiopian budget year, the Town's Culture and Tourism Department said.

Abyssinia Flight Service, a private airway, called up on airlines to promote the vast tourism potential the country has to the outside world. The Airline General Manager Captain Solomon Gizaw said an integrated effort is needed to promote the nation's rich tourism resources to the outside world.

The Simien National Park is one of the many popular and important sites boasted by Ethiopia. The park covers an overall area of approximately 14,000 hectares and is located on the vast Amhara plateau in the Western Simien highlands of Northern Ethiopia. The Simien National Park is a World Heritage Site and was made so in 1978.

Driven by high enthusiasm to widen strategies in promoting traditional and cultural tourism destinations among wealthy Russians, who are big-time spenders, Ethiopian diplomatic authorities in Moscow have moved another step further to organize a one day business forum with active participation of most Russian tourism operators to Africa, sources disclosed on Thursday.

Stevie Wonder, a renowned American music legend will perform in a musical concert in Addis Ababa on 26 July 2009, organizers disclose.

Charles Sutton — usually known as Charlie — came to Ethiopia with the Peace Corps in 1966. He was a musician, and even before he arrived, Charlie had discovered Ethiopian music through his Amharic language instructors. He describes the impact of that discovery, which directed his life toward a deep and lasting relationship with Ethiopia.

Independent, UK - The President has written to the British Museum, the Victoria & Albert Museum, the British Library and Cambridge University Library seeking the restitution of more than 400 so-called "treasures of Magdala", which were stolen by British soldiers following a battle in 1868.

Tilahun Gessesse was an Ethiopian singer. He was born on September 29, 1940, in Addis Ababa and died on April 19, 2009. Gessesse was born to Woizero Gete Gurmu and Ato Gessesse Negusse. When he was fourteen years old, he was taken by his grandfather to Waliso where he began attending Ras Gobena Elementary School.