• Mulu Eco Lodge, Pleasure Ethiopia Tour and Travel
    Mulu Eco Lodge

    Study team in July 2021 to make the area a well-known sustainable community-based tourism destination

  • Capacity Building and Sustainable Tourism Practice Meeting
    Meeting with CBI Team

    Discussion with the CBI Team and TETOA board on Capacity building of institutions and tour operators and sustainable tourism practices.

  • Ethiopian Art Conservation Project
    EACP

    Initiated the creation of the Ethiopian Art Conservation Project (EACP) and became a cultural advisor in July 2022

  • Team of Experts, Hospitality Professionals
    Hospitality Professionals

    A team of experts revising the curriculum for the Tour Operation field in collaboration with other regional representatives of TVET colleges at Debre Zeit/Bishoftu Management Institute on March 2022.

  • Guzo Bethlehem

    Organized a fam trip as 'GUZO BETHLEHEM' in collaboration with other stakeholders to create awareness of a destination known as Bethlehem and its surrounding in April 2022.

  • Mahlete Tsigie Fasting

    Last day (evening) of the one-month fasting for St. Mary on November 2023

  • Gena 2015/2023

    Gena/Ethiopian Christmas celebration at one of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahido Church (EOTC) on the evening of January 7, 2023.

  • Timket in Addis 2015/2023

    Timket or Epiphany celebration in Addis Abeba on January 19, 2023.

  • Sharing Experience

    Shared what Ethiopia has to offer, the benefits of traveling within the country and the harmony in the people-to-people interaction on FBC (Fana Broadcasting Corporation) Live on January 2023

  • Birana (paper from Goat skin)
    Birana Enterprise Exhibition

    Shared experience at an exhibition about the Birana paper (from goat skin) preparation and all related processes and its positive impact in preserving such indigenous knowledge, on March 2023.

  • Dera Park Excursion

    An excursion to Dera Park during the second TSA Tourism Satellite Account (TSA) for Ethiopia workshop at Adama, March 2023

  • Wondo Genet Excursion

    Excursion to Wondo Genet during TSA workshop in Hawassa, May 2023

  • Deforestation
    Deforestation

    Aware on social media how the ecology in Addis is in danger as the indigenous trees are being cut down (deforested), on April 2023

  • Pledge to Protect Ethiopian Wolves
    Save Ethiopian Wolves

    Shared the pledge to save Ethiopian Wolves on social media from AWF (African Wildlife Foundation), in April 2023.

  • Plastic bottle free office.
    Plastic Bottle Free

    Stopped plastic bottles and started drinking purified water with a glass cup from a distiller in the office.

  • Friend Support
    Friend Support Telegram

    A like-minded group of tourism community on Telegram to reach out for issues as a last resort.

  • Friend Support to Borena
    Friend Support to Borena

    The group aided the Borena drought victims

  • Friend Support to Omo Valley, Hamer
    Friend Support to Omo Valley

    The group aided the Omo Valley drought victims

  • TETOA BORENA AID
    TETOA Support to Borena

    TETOA (Talak Ethiopian Tour Operators Association) aided the Borena drought victims

  • City Tour for Domestic Tourists
    City Tour

    Gave city tours for people working in government institutes to create awareness about the benefits of domestic tourism in June 2023.

Travelife Sustainability Report 2023

Posted by Nahome A. on Sat July 8, 2023.
Timket Celebration

The benefits of tourism and what people would gain from traveling, meeting people, learning their ways of life respecting their culture, minimizing negative environmental impacts, and supporting the economies of the local communities at different destinations to the extent of lifting them up for their survival in the rainy days.

Since we became Travelife Partner, this is our first sustainable tourism report. It comprises of variety of sustainable activities that helps the sector such as setting a landmark for new student entrants in the TVET colleges by designing a curriculum so that they can be well-equipped professionals when they graduate; being member of the technical and steering committee in the preparation of the TSA (Tourism Satellite Account) for Ethiopia, and a cultural advisor for Ethiopian Art Conservation Project; Creating awareness about the benefits of tourism and what people would gain from traveling, meeting people, learning their ways of life respecting their culture, minimizing negative environmental impacts, and supporting the economies of the local communities at different destinations to the extent of lifting them up for their survival in the rainy days; avoiding to use plastic bottles in the office and adding a water distiller. These and the like engagements kept us busy and happy as we are passionate to see tourism services in all the value chains are served sustainably. We hope this will be exemplary to others to practice sustainability.

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