The Land of Origins, Ethiopia has been voted the World’s Most Welcoming Country by global followers of Rough Guides; one of the leading travel publishers known for its “tell it like it is” review; providing traveler’s up-to-date content and authoritative contemporary writing.
According to the review, digital followers of Rough Guides were asked to share their experiences of the most hospitable places around the world and voted Ethiopia witnessing the unique features as: a profoundly beautiful East African country with a history that stretches back many thousands of years, never colonized and with the tribal customs and hospitable traditions largely maintained intact.
Mr. Tewolde GebreMariam, Chairman of the Ethiopian Tourism Transformation Board and GCEO Ethiopian Airlines expressed his delight on the vote of confidence and remarked, “Warm Hospitality is a unique culture for Ethiopians but we are extremely happy that visitors witnessed it with their vote of confidence and rated our country as the “Most Welcoming Country” in the entire World. I invite all my fellow citizens of this beautiful country of ours to thank our guests for their vote. Let me take this opportunity to invite international tourists to include Ethiopia in their immediate travel plan. Ethiopia is a land of great ancient civilizations endowed with astonishing assets. With a view to enable you to enjoy these leisure, cultural, historical and natural sites, the Ethiopian Airlines in-house tour operations department, Ethiopian Holidays, has availed you accessible, affordable and attractive tour packages that will meet your high expectations, end-to- end. Moreover, we at Ethiopian have established an extensive network covering 95 international destinations across five continents with excellent connectivity to all the Ethiopian tourism sites.”