If there's going to be a recovery, tourism authorities need to focus their energy on getting those lifted. Ethiopia’s tourism sector has been hit hard in the last two years by Covid and a brutal civil war, with spending down by more than $2 billion. The war was mostly concentrated in Tigray but did spill into parts of other regions like Amhara. In the last two years, the country lost $2 billion thanks to the war and Covid, Ethiopia Tourism State Minister Sileshi Girma told Voice of America. The U.S. State Travel Advisory warns American citizens to reconsider travel to Ethiopia and to not travel to the Tigray and Amhara regions.

Source: Ethiopian News January 27, 2023 18:08 UTC