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Bahir Dar is one of the leading tourist destinations in Ethiopia, with a variety of attractions in the nearby Lake Tana and Blue Nile river. The city is known for its wide avenues lined with palm trees and a variety of colorful flowers. In 2002, it was awarded the UNESCO Cities for Peace Prize for addressing the challenges of rapid urbanization.
The Ethiopian government also recognized the significance of road construction between Addis Ababa and Bahir Dar in enabling dam construction without assistance from foreign governments. [12] In 1935, road construction was halted due to the Italian occupation of Ethiopia. In May 1936, the Italian troops captured Bahir Dar.
Tourist destinations include Ethiopia's collection of national parks (including Semien Mountains National Park), and historic sites, such as the cities of Axum, Lalibela and Gondar, Harar Jugol walled city, Negash Mosque, in Negash and Sof Omar Caves. Developed in the 1960s, tourism declined greatly during the later 1970s and the 1980s under ...
The table below shows cities and towns with more than 40,000 inhabitants (from the projection for 2016 by using the 2007 census data). [1] [2] The population numbers are referring to the inhabitants of the cities themselves, suburbs and the metropolitan area outside the city area are not taken into account.
Melka Kunture and Balchit: Archaeological and Palaeontological Sites in the Highland Area of Ethiopia Oromiya: 2024 13rev; iii, iv, v (cultural) Melka Kunture is a large archaeological site in the highlands of the upper Awash River. The deposits, at places up to 100 m (330 ft) thick, span more than 1.7 million years.
In 2019, there were 69.9 million international tourist arrivals to Africa (excluding Egypt and Libya), an increase of 2.4% from 2018. [5] According to the World Economic forum's Travel & Tourism Development report in 2024, Morocco is the country most dependent on travel and tourism among all countries in MENA region. [6]
Richard Pankhurst notes that by the early 19th century its market was important enough to be one of six in Ethiopia requiring a nagadras ("head of the market") to oversee it and collect the fees. [6] The revenue from taxes levied on the marketplace in the 1830s paid the governor of Semien province ( Wube Haile Maryam ) 3,000 Maria Theresa ...
The Blue Nile Falls is a waterfall on the Blue Nile river in West Gojjam, Amhara Region, Ethiopia. It is known as Tis Abay in Amharic, meaning 'great smoke'. It is situated on the upper course of the river, about 30 kilometres (19 miles) downstream from the town of Bahir Dar and Lake Tana. The falls are one of Ethiopia's best-known tourist ...