Journal of Tourism & Hospitality
Open Access
ISSN: 2167-0269
ISSN: 2167-0269
The modern travellers are concerned about their safety. Political instability leads to tourist change destination direction. Tourists are very sensitive to their security and safety of the country they go for holidaying. The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of political instability on tourism business (tourist flow) in Ethiopia; in casa of Bahir Dar town. The study has been used descriptive in design in local community, culture and tourism bureau, domestic tourist and international tourists were chosen as the subjects of the study. The researcher has been used 45 respondents from Culture and Tourism Office of the city 20 , local community 15, domestic tourists 5 and foreign tourist 5 selected proportionally form each selected respondents using purposive sampling. The research has used descriptive research design in combination with qualitative and quantitative research approaches. For obtaining the information, both the primary and secondary data has been used. Primary data was going to be collected through semi structured interview and questionnaires. Secondary data was also be gathered by referring Bahir Dar town culture and tourism bureau documents and other related data. The research has used descriptive research design in combination with qualitative and quantitative research approaches. The data were analyzed by using simple descriptive (qualitative) method and quantitative (numerical) method. The research reveals that the tourism business of the town has been heavily affected in terms tourism arrival and revenue. Furthermore a lot of human power temporarily unemployed due to force fully expelled from the tourism organization as a result of business collapse. The researcher has recommended that the government will strive to bring back peace and stability to the town and to the country as quickly as possible.
Published Date: 2023-06-09; Received Date: 2023-03-30