THE Federal Republic of Ethiopia has said it needs investors to partner with it to develop the country’s tourism resources, just as it has extended “its warm welcome and wholehearted support to visitors interested in fabulous tourist attractions” in Ethiopia.

The Prime Minister of the country, Mr Meles Zenawi, said this in a brochure he personally signed and made available to hotels in the country.

Zenawi said in the brochure made available to tourists and journalists in Awassa, the capital of Southern Region of Ethiopia, on Monday, that “visitors have much to savour in the antiquities that bear visual testimony to Ethiopia’s eventful past.”

The brochure, entitled “Journey through Ethiopia,” added that the country was one of Africa’s most accessible countries, “thanks to the connections forged by the national carrier, Ethiopian Airlines.”

Earlier, the Traffic and Sales Manager of Ethiopian Airlines, Northern Operations in Abuja, Mr Mulugeta Zewdu, said during a familiarisation tour of Ethiopia that in the last few years, the government had invested heavily in tourism infrastructure with the aim of transforming it.