Tourism boost as Ethiopian operator exceeds targets

Tina Milton

1-Jul-2005

ETHIOPIA. Retailer Ethiopian Tourist Trading Enterprise (ETTE) has recorded a 9.4% year-on-year sales increase to Birr62.8m ($7.2m) for the nine months ending in March

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Sales for the period were 7.4% above the company's original target of Birr57.8m ($6.6m).

ETTE general manager Assefa Guya told DFNI that strong tourism levels and a number of conferences

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