Travellers to Ethiopia can now get their visas easily through the help of registered tour operators in Nigeria.
This was revealed in Kano, Nigeria by the Area Manager, Ethiopian Airlines in Nigeria, Solomon Begashaw, while addressing Kano-based travel agents at the annual agency seminar.
Before now, all travellers have to visit the Ethiopian Embassy in Abuja to procure a visiting visa. As the headquarters of African Union, Ethiopia is joining the move by the AU to simplify travel within Africa by Africans
The new arrangement will see selected tour operators and travel agents assist their passengers in approaching the embassy for visas. Thus new arrangement will take away one of the obstacles for travellers to Ethiopia.
Ethiopia, the land of Queen of Sheba, is home to the largest number of the UNESCO heritage sites in Africa.
At the very successful seminar that was attended by leading agents in Kano, issues involving passenger handling and hajj operations were discussed.
Ethiopian Airlines started its flight to Kano in 2014, but has been flying to Nigeria since 1960. Today, ET flies to Lagos, Abuja and Enugu. Founded December 21, 1945 but started operation on April 8, 1946.
It operates its major hub at Addis Ababa, a second hub in Togo, Lome and a third hub at Lilongwe, Malawi.
The ownership is by Government of Ethiopia and the Chief Executive Officer is Mr. Tewolde GebreMariam.