Ethiopia hotels are known for their hospitality and great service. The country is blessed with a wide variety of flora and fauna. Also, the country gets a lot of sunshine all through the year. As a result, the most popular tourism slogan of the country is "Ethiopia - 13 months of sunshine". A lot of tourists visit Ethiopia every year and, as a result, the hospitality industry in the country is booming.

As a tourist, you have plenty of options in Ethiopia. The country has some very good natural and manmade attractions and you can go on sightseeing tour and have a great time during the day. There are a lot of hotels where you can stay in and unwind in the evening. You can roam around in the day enjoying the scenic attractions and come back to your hotel for a nice, refreshing stay at night.

You can find a wide range of Ethiopia hotels here - from the ones that cost you only a couple of dollars a night to the ones that cost you more than a hundred dollars a night. The quality of accommodation and the quality of service might differ slightly depending on the price. Nevertheless, the hotels here are very nice to stay in.

The hotels here serve some delicious food. The national food of Ethiopia is injera - spongy, spicy bread made from the grains grown in the Ethiopian highlands. Injera is usually eaten with wot - traditional stews made with meat, spices, and legumes. Wot could be made with chicken, beef, lamb, or fish.

If you happen to be a vegetarian and not a meat eater, you could still enjoy your stay at Ethiopia hotels, as most hotels here serve vegetarian food as well. The best vegetarian dish here is the shiro wot - injera served with vegetable stew. You could also find a lot of places serving Italian food, reminiscent of the brief and unsuccessful Italian occupation of Ethiopia.

The two most famous hotels in Addis Ababa include the Sheraton and Hilton. These two hotels are beautifully constructed and great to look at. If you are looking for top notch service and great facilities, you should stay at these hotels. Apart from these two, you can find a number of Ethiopia hotels - both government owned and private - that offer good accommodation at very cheap prices. A modestly priced hotel will easily meet your standards of accommodation - good food, electricity, clean water, hygiene, and good service.

In summary - a stay at Ethiopia hotels will be a memorable experience for you. The beautiful attractions, warm people, good food, and great service will make your stay here linger in your mind for a long time.

The famine in Ethiopia 1984-1985 is considered one of the most devastating famines in the history of mankind. There were actually two famines, both of which were equally destructive, during this period - one in the northern region and one in the southern region. The famine in the north was mainly due to the government's callous carelessness and the famine in the south was mainly due to the failure of short rains at that time.

The reign of the Derg is widely considered the most important cause of the famine in Ethiopia 1984. When the Derg was in control, there were insurgencies in as many as fourteen of the country's administrative regions. A lot of local groups were competing against each other to take control of the country during this period. So, in order to put an end to all these insurgencies, the Derg started to kill the 'suspected' enemies of the government. This period (1977 to 1978) is called the Red Terror during which hundreds of thousands of people were killed systematically by the Derg.

It won't be farfetched to say that the seeds of the famine in Ethiopia 1984 were deliberately sown during the Red Terror. During this period, the AMC (Agricultural Marketing Corporation), a corporation set up by the Derg, started extracting food from the peasants in the rural areas to feed the urban population.

This move was a direct result of the nationwide unrest among the urban population thanks to the insurgencies. The Derg tried to pacify the urban population by giving food grains at very cheap prices. However, this turned out to be a disaster for the rural population, especially the peasantry.

The Derg fixed a very low price for food grains and this turned out to be a disincentive to production in the rural areas. The farmers, who were supposed to give their share of food grains to the AMC, bought grains in the open market amassing a lot of debts. One of the most heinous moves of the Derg was the restriction of non-agricultural activities. Thanks to this shocking move, the farmers were not able to engage in non-agricultural activities such as migrant labor and petty trading.

As a result, they were not able to supplement their poor income. During this period, nearly 500,000 farmers lost a significant part of their income which led to a collapse in state run commercial farms. All these things led to the famine in Ethiopia 1984 in the northern part of the country.

In the mid eighties, things were chaotic in Ethiopia. The local insurgencies, the total failure of crops, and the Derg's reckless attitude led to a major humanitarian crisis during the aftermath of the famine in Ethiopia 1984. Nearly six million people were dependant on relief food and waterborne diseases and hunger deaths were rampant. During this time, the international community severely criticized the government and a lot of relief organizations offered food to the affected people. The people who lived in the famine-hit part of the country were moved to the southern part.

The famine in Ethiopia 1984 affected nearly eight million people. The estimated death toll is over one million. A lot of historians called it a 'Biblical famine in the 20^th century'. A lot of countries including the U.S., the Soviet Union, Germany, Poland, Canada, and Switzerland were involved in the humanitarian response to the famine.