ADDIS ABABA – Tourism Training Institute (TTI) disclosed that it is striving to foster the tourism industry through nurturing skilled human resource and promoting cultural foods.
Institute Deputy Director General, Yetaseb Seyoum told The Ethiopian Herald that the institute has been carrying out various activities to promote the tourism sector through overcoming capacity limitations.
According to Yetaseb, the institute is working with polytechnic colleges to ensure human resource development in the sphere in addition to promoting cultural foods to attract visitors.
Mentioning China’s food promotion success that enabled its cuisine to be known all over the world including Addis Ababa, the Director General expressed that Ethiopia requires to do more in promoting cultural foods given that what it does have at hand.
As tourism brings people together around culture, knowledge, food and clothing, the sector has been helping Ethiopia to creating jobs, increasing market access and promoting mutual coexistence, he added.
Yetaseb also noted that the institute is working in collaboration with stakeholders to document cultural dishes from five states as part of its tourism promotion activities. This practice is significantly useful in transferring historical identity to the next generation and increasing tourist inflow.
BY MESERET BEHAILU
THE ETHIOPIAN HERALD SUNDAY EDITION 16 JUNE 2024
