Today the Oromia Tourism Commission (OTC) held the first ever consultation workshop with organizers of hiking groups. Attended by stakeholders such as the Oromia Culture and Tourism Bureau and the Ethiopian Tour Guides Professional Association, the workshop has laid the foundation for a closer partnership with the various hiking groups operating throughout the country going forward. Representatives of the hiking groups expressed their hope that this format of discussion would continue, a suggestion Nega Wodajo, the Deputy Commissioner of the OTC assured participants his organization would value. The successful engagement was concluded at noon.
