(Xinhua/Chen Duo)ADDIS ABABA, Sept. 23 (Xinhua) -- Ethiopia has planned to promote domestic tourism as part of the World Tourism Day celebration, which will be celebrated September 27 worldwide. The World Tourism Day celebration in Ethiopia is a week-long program, from September 21 to 27, in which the Ethiopian government envisaged to promote domestic tourism among Ethiopians with due emphasis given to the east African country's historical and natural attraction sites. The east African country has also one natural endowment registered by UNESCO, the mountainous Simien National Park in the northern part of Ethiopia. The Ethiopian Culture and Tourism Ministry has stressed that the number of Ethiopian visitors would increase through awareness creation activities concerning the country's historical and natural attractions. Hirut Woldemariam, Ethiopian Minister of Culture and Tourism, has hailed Tafesse's accomplishment in promoting Ethiopia and the country's tourist destinations and products, both at home and globally.

Source: Ethiopian News September 23, 2017 14:03 UTC