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Ethiopia: Benishangul Gumuz Regional State’s Tourism Sector Shows Growth while SNNPR’s Tourism Sector Misses Targets

In the 2022/2023 fiscal year, the Benishangul Gumuz Regional State received a total of 40,600 tourists, resulting in an income of Birr 103 million 199 thousand. Out of the total visitors, 40,000 were domestic tourists and 600 were foreign tourists. This represents an 18 percent increase in the performance of the tourism sector compared to the previous year. The improved performance can be attributed to factors such as relative peace in all three zones of the region, the development of tourist destinations, and their accessibility to visitors.

In the same fiscal year, the Southern Nations’ Nationalities and Peoples’s Region’s (SNNPR) Culture and Tourism Bureau had set a target of earning Birr 350 million Birr from the tourism sector but managed to earn Birr 271 million. More than 4.4 million domestic visitors traveled to the region which, therefore, achieved 81% of its planned target of 5.5 million visitors. Regarding foreign visitors, the region expected 20,000 but only received 10,200. As a result, the total income generated showed a decrease of Birr 59 million compared to the previous fiscal year. Furthermore, the sector fell short in job creation, with only 38,058 jobs being created instead of the planned target of 65,000 jobs. The failure to fully implement the plans was attributed to peace and security issues.

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State government communication affairs work process owner, Negatua Mathewos credits training tour operators and developing infrastructure with attracting more tourists.

Bureau Head Zerihun Zewdie said the number of tourists, who visited religious, natural, cultural and historical sites in the state was 64 per cent more than the same period the previous year.

The head said the revenue has also increased by over 54 per cent compared to that of the previous year.

Over 589,900 of the tourists are Ethiopians while the rest are from Europe, USA and other parts of the world, he said.

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Tourist Destinations of Southern Region in Ethiopia

What are major tourist destinations in southern ethiopia.

Overview of Southern Region of Ethiopia

The Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples’ Region (often abbreviated as SNNPR) comprised twenty-three administrative boundaries (zones and Special Woreda). The region has diverse and colorful cultural, ancient historical tourist attractions because about 56 ethnic groups exist in the region. Moreover, each ethnic group has distinct multilanguage, traditional lifestyles, traditional handcraft and arts, indigenous knowledge and skills, and cultural heritages. Although it is difficult to visit all these tourist attractions at once, tourists can be selective for major tourist destinations.

So, what are the major tourist destinations of the southern region in Ethiopia? Though all ethnic groups of the region have unique touristic features, three tourist destinations are recommended.

Three Tourist Destinations of Southern Ethiopia

Based on my travel experience and review of travelers’ comments , I tried to identify the best location of tourist destinations in Southern Ethiopia. If the purpose of tourists is studying, my recommendation may not work for sure. However, three tourist destinations are recommendable if the aim of travel is to entertain by visiting nature and diverse culture.

1. Jinka – Om o Valley of Southern Ethiopia

Omo Valley is one of the most popular and ancient tourist destinations in Ethiopia. It’s also rich with diverse and colorful culture and natural tourist attractions. Because the site is important to understand human origin from its hominid fossils, UNESCO World Heritage registered the site in 1980. So, international and domestic tourists can experience an ancient lifestyle with eight tribes of lower Omo valley and visit Omo natural national park.

The Native tribes of Omo valley

The Omo valley has eight tribes who have their own unique culture, language, customs, and way of life. Namely, Mursi, Bodi Me’en), Suri, Hamar, Daasanach, Kara (karo), Banna, and Nyangatom (Bume).

Omo National Park of Ethiopia

Omo natural national park is the largest national park in the country, which found at an 870 km distance from Addis Ababa. The total area of the park is about 4,068 kilometers square. It is also a habitat for 325 species of birds and 75 species of mammals. The most known wildlife of the park is Eland, cheetah, elephant, black rhino, giraffe, buffalo, lion, leopard, lelwel hartebeest, tiang, Oryx, Burchell’s zebra, Lesser kudu, de Brazzers monkey, common baboon and guereza, ostrich on the plains and the endemic black-winged love birds.

Mago National Park

Mango National parl is also found in the South Omo Zone of the Southern region at 800 km distance from Addis Ababa, the capital city of Ethiopia. The park has 81 larger mammals & 237 species of bird. Wildlife of the park is the African elephant, buffalo, lesser-kudu, greater-kudu, duiker, warthog, tiang, lewel‟s hartebeests, Oryx, grant‟s gazelle, gerenuk, giraffe, cheetah, wild dog, lions, leopards, gureza, common baboon and verevt monkey.

How can travel to Omo national park of Ethiopia?

There are two ways to arrive at the park. The first way is traveling from Addis Ababa to Jima, then to the park crossing Maji. The total travel distance of this way is 920 km from Addis Ababa and may take about 17 hours of driving to arrive at the park. The second option is traveling from Addis Ababa to Arba Minch and then Jinka to arrive at the national park. The total distance of the road is 832 km away from Addis Ababa and may take about 13 hours. So, visitors can decide on the traveling road because of the interest they want to visit on the way.

Adventure and Things to do in Omo Valley

What are most common activities to do things in Omo valley of southern Ethiopia? The most common activities to do at Omo valley are:

• Experiencing old lifestyle, and diverse culture with over eight tribes. These tribes decorate their hairstyle, body, face, and dresses. Moreover, ceremonial activities of the wedding, burials, and ritual and other adventures like bull-jumping, musical instruments, and dancing also attract international and domestic tourists.
• Visiting indigenous wildlife at Omo National Park.
• Enjoying the local market of the Omo valley. Especially Saturday Jinka market is the big local market to see most of the tribes in the market.

2. Arba Minch Tourist Destinations

Arba Minch is located at a 500 km distance from Addis Ababa. It is also a tourist town because the town is the best route to arrive in various tourist destinations of a southern region like Konso and lower Omo valley. The town has two major tourist attractions, two lakes, forty springs, traditional handicraft products, and cultural houses or Dorze Village.

Arba Minch Crocodile Ranch

Tourism websites The Crocodile Ranch is found nearby “Nechi-Sar” National Park of the Arba Minch town and the shore of lake Abaya. The ranch is located at 7km distance from Arba Minch town. Although the ranch was established in 1984 on an area of 3 hectares of land to export the products of Crocodile, the Crocodile Ranch is one of the tourist attractions in Arba Minch town. Recently, Arba Minch Crocodile Ranch expanded the farm to reptile zoo by adding python snakes, civets, fishery production centre, and ostrich farm. So, Arba Minch Crocodile Ranch added value to touristic attraction of the region.

Nech-Sar National Park

Nech-Sar National Park is found nearby Arba Minch town at a distance of 500 km from Addis Ababa Ethiopia. The park is rich in wildlife resources. The park is also a habitat for 104  species of mammals, 351 species of birds, and 1000 species of vascular plants. Moreover, Burchel‟s zebra, Grant‟s gazelle, greater kudu, waterbuck, Guenther‟s dik-dik, bushbuck, jackal, spotted hyena, leopard, lion, cheetah serval-cat, honey badger, cross-coloubs, vervet monkey, olive-baboon, wild dog and caracal are common mammals & conspicuous living in the park. So, tourists can visit the park experience excitement of travel.

3. Konso Cultural Landscape

Konso attracts the interests of many tourists and researchers because of its ancient, complex, and fascinated culture and its traditional practices. Colorful Konso market, terracing practices, traditional villages, and arts are major touristic sites of the Konso. So, tourists can visit the cultural landscape and traditional arts of konso community.

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In addition to the three recommendations, tourists can also plan to visit other tourism sites like Tiya World Heritage site, Hawassa Lake, Ziway Lake, and others. Moreover, I invite you to read related topics to learn more about Ethiopia’s Tourism. Your feedback and comments also help others to learn more about the trip.

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Alongside so much beauty is also hardship. Opportunities for education for children and work for mothers and fathers are limited. Many families endure multidimensional poverty (lack of education, health, water, housing, nutrition, etc). Data shows 88% of children in SNNPR suffer from severe, multidimensional poverty.

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Although it smells like the handiwork of an uninspired committee, the name of this 112,323 square km region does provide an accurate reflection of its incredible cultural diversity. The regional population of roughly 17.9 million represents some 45 different ethino-lingustic groups, of which none comprises 20% of the regional population, and only the Sidamo, Gurage and Walaita make up more than 10% each. The regional capital is the modern city of Awassa, set on the shore of the Awassa lake, and much of the region lies in the relatively low-lying Rift Valley and Kenyan border area. The most important crop is coffee. Aside from the Rift Valley lakes, the most popular tourist attraction is the remote cultural tribes of South Omo zone.

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SNNPR is one of the major regions in Ethiopia with over 56 ethnic groups that speak different languages. Thirty-one of these languages currently are used as instructional languages or are taught as a subject. By April 2017, regional officials had delivered on their promise to plan, budget for, and empower local education experts to develop reading curriculum for 17 new languages—replicating as best as possible the EDA education model. The most recent EGRA of 2014 shows some improvement in reading scores, and also confirms serious gaps between girls and boys performance. Boys consistently outperform girls in reading in across skills tests. And while the number of zero scores dropped between 2010 and 2014, the vast majority of Grades 2 and 3 students tested did not achieve state benchmarks in reading. Based on these outcomes, the MOE has made the commitment to improving students’ reading performance, especially in the early grades. The challenges to improving achievement in early grade reading are multi-faceted and require Sustained actions on several fronts. While the last twenty years have seen enormous investment in teacher development, teachers continue to ask for increased school-based support and better working environments. Until recently, however, even basic learning tools, such as textbooks and teachers guides, have not always been available or sufficient. Parents’ involvement in their children’s learning is often dictated by survival, not longer-term education goals, so parental engagement remains low. A weak classroom-home connection is one of the serious challenges in education, exacerbating the problem of literacy achievement. Literary rates in the country overall are especially low, as is access and participation in reading and

Ethiopia is poised to grow as a regional economic leader and has the characteristics to emerge as a pan-African model for growth in the years to come. The U.S. Government (USG) contributes importantly to Ethiopia's ambitious social and economic advancement goals. Through 20 years of education interventions, USAID has assisted Ethiopia in pioneering successful alternative basic education models, supported decentralization of the sector, and made initial efforts towards an improved environment for student acquisition of language and reading skills. To reach its vision for growth and social development, Ethiopia must maximize the contributions of its citizens and the resiliency of its communities. This includes youth, civil society actors, families, teachers, and education administrators. To contribute meaningfully to Ethiopia's vision for growth and social development, education sector donors must promote interventions that go beyond traditional access activities of the past and focus on the factors impeding classroom based learning. Ethiopia has already made the early and easier gains in access and quality. Future gains in student retention and learning require approaches that are research-based, flexible, cost-efficient, and which leverage partnerships and interdisciplinary interventions. A high-performing education system in Ethiopia requires that several institutions work in sync, operating with greater efficiency. This includes schools, woreda and regional education bureaus, colleges of teacher education, universities, and the MOE. At the school level, Ethiopia needs teachers who are inspired, skilled and self-sufficient, and equipped with supplies, in addition to confident, expert principals who function as authentic leaders of learning communities. Such individuals will know how to help their school communities to better manage large classrooms and solve other challenges independently. Institutes of higher education must be homes to professionally current educational research and teacher preparation programs. They should have one foot in the schools, never losing sight of the challenges teachers face. Regional and woreda education bureaus also perform a critical oversight role. They each communicate local level needs to those who craft strategies and oversee budget allocations. These individuals must have a wide-range of administrative skills, alongside the competency and the knowledge to advocate for approaches that best support strong teaching and learning. While turnover of these individuals may be high at times, we know that in future positions they will continue to contribute to Ethiopia's civil service. The MOE aspires to facilitate and support the roles of these institutions. The administrators and technicians at the Ministry operate at a strategic level focusing on support and advocacy roles: empowering lower levels of government, guiding donors and local NGOs, negotiating with parliament and other ministries, and ensuring teachers and principals have the skills and knowledge to oversee implementation. Together, these actors can create a system that produces cohorts of well-educated students. USAID/Ethiopia is responsible for one of the Agency's largest education programs and has demonstrated the potential for contributing meaningfully and significantly to USAID's global goals. READ II complements USAID Forward principles that seek greater focus, impact, and selectivity.

a. National Context

Ethiopia has undergone significant economic changes in the last 20 years and has recorded some of the highest growth rates in the world. Ethiopia's ranking in the Human Development Index (HDI), however, has not moved as appreciably during the past decade. Even though Ethiopia is one of the ten countries worldwide with the largest absolute HDI gains over the last several years, it still ranks 173rd out of 186 countries in the 2015 Human Development Report (HRD). Ethiopia's rapidly growing population mostly engages in subsistence farming and more than one in twelve people are chronically food insecure. The country recently faced the worst drought in fifty years with almost 20 million people in need of emergency or sustained food assistance. The Government of Ethiopia (GOE) launched an ambitious plan to respond to the drought and approved a new five-year plan to accelerate growth. As a democratic developmental state, power and decision-making are intended to gradually devolve to the regional level, with more substantive federal support to regions that are “emerging.” This federal system ensures some measure of autonomy for all the country's diverse groups. But some Ethiopians perceive that the government is increasingly subduing their social values and identity. This has resulted in Ethiopia facing its largest protests and social conflict in a decade. The space for political expression and association is constrained during these times. In such a context, it is important that development activities are responsive to the needs of the people at the lowest level. Access to education has greatly expanded in Ethiopia. Primary school net enrollment rates have almost tripled since monitoring began in 1994. Currently, 86% of primary age children are attending school. Secondary school enrollment has risen too, but remains relatively low, especially in rural areas and among the poorest (this is also true for the second cycle-grades 5-8-of primary school). By and large, many of the major determinants of inequity and exclusion are outside the classroom: poverty and food insecurity, child labor both commercially and at home, distance to schools (especially to secondary schools), gender disparities, and lack of continuous access to education for children from pastoralist families (HRD, 2015). Today, an estimated 60% of schools still have no access to water. Despite of few improvement in the Ethiopian education system in recent years, resulting in improved access to education across Ethiopia, the poor quality of education, reflected in children’s poor reading performance, is still of concern. The recent USAID-supported Ethiopia National Learning Assessment (ENLA) and Early Grade Reading Assessments (EGRA) provide crucial evidence of these issues while focusing national attention on the challenges of improving children’s reading and writing skills. This evidence has identified the critical factors affecting children’s lack of reading skills, including comprehension. In addition to school- related factors such as teachers’ knowledge and skills to teach children how to read, use of teaching aids, having an established time for reading in schools, and access to reading materials in the schools, the community and home learning environment also plays a significant role in supporting the development of children’s reading skills.

According to EGRA 2010 and 14 assessments findings, family members helping children with their homework is the highest predictor of reading fluency, across both urban and rural settings and at all income levels. These findings suggest that all children, irrespective of their backgrounds, can improve their reading and writing skills if the learning environment outside of school is supportive .Improving the quality of children’s reading experiences at home is especially important, and is a primary component of the READ II community outreach model.

b. Regional Context

Ethiopia is a large country composed of 9 regions with great geographical, cultural, and linguistic diversity. These characteristics directly impact the education system and the implementation of education interventions. Below, the education context from one of the more populous regions highlights this diversity and the implications on development interventions. Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples Region (SNNPR) SNNPR is one of the major regions in Ethiopia with over 56 ethnic groups that speak different languages. Thirty-one of these languages currently are used as instructional languages or are taught as a subject. By April 2017, regional officials had delivered on their promise to plan, budget for, and empower local education experts to develop reading curriculum for 17 new languages—replicating as best as possible the USAID model.

c. Educational Context

Each year, the MOE publishes a comprehensive Education Statistics Annual Abstract. The Abstract for 2014/2015 was finalized in July 2016. The MOE's Education Management Information System (EMIS) collects the information for the annual abstract. EMIS data is intended to guide policy making and lead to corrections in national and regional strategies. This information relies on in-country data systems, originating from woredas and schools. Much more attention and work on this system is required to ameliorate incorrect data and limited capacity to analyze and use data, as well as to establish an overarching EMIS Policy. The key policy areas for education development in Ethiopia are contained in the 1994 Education and Training Policy. Primary education lasts for eight years and is divided into two cycles: first cycle (grades 1-4) and second cycle (grades 5-8). This is followed by two years of general secondary education (grades 9-10) and second cycle secondary education (grades 11-12) in preparation for tertiary education. To achieve the objectives of primary education, the policy emphasizes the professional development of teachers, the use of local languages at the first and second cycles of primary education, the supply and distribution of educational materials, strengthening of educational organization and management, and steady increases in education financing. To support the policy, five ESDPs have been developed thus far. One consistent and specific ESDP objective is to expand access to primary education with a focus on the promotion of education for girls. In 2000, the gross enrollment gender gap was approximately 20 percentage points in favor of boys, while by 2014 the gap had been reduced to seven percentage points. Even though Ethiopia has made progress in reducing gender disparities, critical imbalances persist across the education sector—first grade intake, teacher trainees, and transition to higher primary grades all skew in favor of males. Only in the last five years has the gender gap started decreasing at the secondary school level. Female enrolment in tertiary education is significantly low; about 30%. Leadership and senior technical positions in the education sector favor males. They include low value attached to girls’ schooling, the need to keep girls home to help with farming, and child marriages for girls as young as age seven. According to 2016 EGRA found mixed gender disparities between both languages. In Hadiyissa language, boys performed significantly better than girls; while in Wolytigna language the girls significantly outperformed boys with small differences. However, girls performed better than boys in reading comprehension among third graders across both languages. Ethiopian government allocates considerably an increased amount of budget for education sector to expand number of schools in every districts and villages. Due to this, number of students’ enrolment has gone to its maximum. For example, according to the annual abstract, grade 1-4 GER increased from 96% in 2010/11 to 101% in 2013/14. While, the net enrollment ratio rose to 92%. However, this not accompanied by expected percentage of completion rate since the average dropout rate is about 20% across the region with increased number of out of school children. The most recent EGRA of 2014 shows some improvement in reading scores, and also confirms serious gaps between girls and boys performance. Boys consistently outperform girls in reading in across skills tests. And while the number of zero scores dropped between 2010 and 2014, the vast majority of Grades 2 and 3 students tested did not achieve state benchmarks in reading. Based on these outcomes, the MOE has made the commitment to improving students’ reading performance, especially in the early grades. The challenges to improving achievement in early grade reading are multi-faceted and require Sustained actions on several fronts. While the last twenty years have seen enormous investment in teacher development, teachers continue to ask for increased school-based support and better working environments. Until recently, however, even basic learning tools, such as textbooks and teachers guide, have not always been available or sufficient. Parents’ involvement in their children’s learning is often dictated by survival, not longer-term education goals, so parental engagement remains low. A weak classroom-home connection is one of the serious challenges in education, exacerbating the problem of literacy achievement. Literary rates in the country overall are especially low, as is access and participation in reading and writing activities. Children often complete their schooling without reading a single book besides their textbook.

Problems addressed in teaching and learning in the region.

• This READ II project will take a significant step towards improving reading comprehension of early graders in SNNPR. Contributing problems for poor reading performance of children such as: poor teaching skill of teachers on teach reading, poor parental support at home, low engagement of parents in their children’s schooling, poor school leadership, poor reading culture of the community, and related problems will be addressed by this project. • This project will work towards the identified problems as: supplying relevant reading materials establishing learning hubs, mobilizing communities to support reading, supporting parents and home-based reading, supporting school-based reading activities, supporting community-based reading activities,

Goal /overall objective:

Improving the reading proficiency of 15 million children by 2022, with a focus on Southern Nations Nationalities and peoples Region (SNNPR) The overall objective is supported by three intermediate results: IR 1. Improved classroom reading and writing instruction IR 2. Strengthened community engagement in education activities IR 3. Improved leadership, management, and delivery capacity at each administrative level • Objective 1 . To improve classroom reading and writing instruction in 7 weredas of Hadiya and welayta zone by the end of 2022. • Objective 2. To enhance community engagement in education activities to support their children in the seven target weredas of hadiya and wolayta zone in a sustainable way by the end of the project period. • Objective 3 . To build capacity of school leaders, administrators and management for better delivery of education services.

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Migration is the movement of people across borders to reside permanently or temporarily in a country other than their country of birth or citizenship. The United Nations (UN) estimates that in 2013 some 232 million people were living outside their country of birth or citizenship for more than one year. This represents just over three per cent of the world’s population and would rank such migrants, if living within the same territory, as the world’s fifth largest country. While the number of international migrants has grown steadily, that three per cent proportion of world population has remained stable over the past 40 years. Migration today is motivated by a range of economic, political and social factors. Migrants may leave their country of origin because of conflict, widespread violations of human rights or other reasons threatening life or safety. Many are compelled by the absence of decent work to seek employment elsewhere. As globalization expands the global circulation of capital, goods, services and technology, migration responds to growing demand for skills and labour in destination countries. These factors along with ageing populations and declining workforces in high income countries increase international migration, including mobility of labour and skills. Overall goal of the Better Migration management project: Facilitate orderly, safe, regular and responsible migration and mobility of people, including through the implementation of planned and well-managed migration policies.

The Overall Objective

‘’National authorities and institutions are able to facilitate safe, orderly and regular migration and effectively address and reduce trafficking in human beings and smuggling of migrants within and from the Horn of Africa region by applying a human rights-based approach.’’ EDA implementing Migration and governance of three principles and three objectives Principles: 1. Adherence to international standards and the fulfillment of migrants rights. 2. Evidence and whole of government approaches to migration governance 3. Strong partnerships to support migration governance Objectives: 1. To ensure socioeconomic well-being of migrants and societies 2. To ensure effective responses to the mobility dimensions of crisis 3. To ensure safe, orderly and dignified pathways of migrations

Human Trafficking

Rational of the project.

As a grassroots development organization EDA in collaboration with its stakeholders addressing the issue of violence, coercion and abuse of power in its operation areas. In fact, all women, men and children throughout the country are comparably vulnerable to trafficking crimes. Besides, all trafficking victims are faced with several human rights abuses in their endeavor to cross the borders of neighboring and other destination countries, regardless of the travel mechanisms they use. According to U.S. (2012) TIP and IOM. (2012) report, Ethiopia is one of the countries of origin for internationally trafficking women subjected to conditions of forced labor and prostitution. Youthful women from all over the country are trafficked for domestic servitude to Gulf States as well as neighboring countries such as Djibouti, Kenya, Somaliland and Sudan to seek their dreams abroad. The research found out that the women are pushed by poverty and allied factors and further hauled by the stories of attractive job opportunities and salary, pertaining to the false promises of the traffickers and individuals in the trafficking circle. Moreover, the findings signify that the women had experienced numerous human rights violations throughout the passage, in destination and prisons in Sudan. Thus, it is the belief of the EDA that the outcomes of the project will be helpful to all concerned stakeholders to take the necessary measures to see end the misery of many of Ethiopian women and children exposed and subjected to trafficking. The above-mentioned projects are implemented and ongoing in Wolayta and Hadya Zones for over 280,000 communities.

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The Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region(often abbreviated as SNNPRR) is a regional state in southwestern Ethiopia.The SNNPRR borders Kenya to the south (including a small part of Lake Turkana), the Ilemi Triangle (a region claimed by Kenya and South Sudan) to the southwest, the South West Ethiopia Region to the west, the Oromia Region to the north and east, and the Sidama Region to the east. [Wikipedia]

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