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RELIGIOUS SITES

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The main religions in Ethiopia are Christianity, Islam, Judaism and Paganism. Ethiopia is a predominantly Christian country and the majority of Christians are Orthodox Tewahedo Christians, who belong to the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church. There are a minority of Christians who are Roman Catholic or Protestant.  

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RESPECTFULLY VISITING RELIGIOUS SITES

Tourism is a great privilege, presuming as it does not only the money to pay for transportation, accommodation, and days if not weeks of restaurant food, but the leisure to take the time to do it all. The fact that more and more of us are able to do it is cause for celebration, but it doesn’t lessen either the privilege, or the responsibility. You still need to behave yourself in the places you visit, remembering that the people around you are mostly working even if you’re not. You need to learn a few basic words and phrases if you’re going to a place where they speak a different language (even if they also speak yours). And you need to know the difference between looking and gawking. The former is one of the great pleasures of travel; the latter is not just rude, but does fundamental injury to the guest-host relationship. 

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Tourism is a great privilege, presuming as it does not only the money to pay for transportation, accommodation, and days if not weeks of restaurant food, but the leisure to take the time to do it all. The fact that more and more of us are able to do it is cause for celebration, but it doesn’t lessen either the privilege, or the responsibility. You still need to behave yourself in the places you visit, remembering that the people around you are mostly working even if you’re not. You need to learn a few basic words and phrases if you’re going to a place where they speak a different language (even if they also speak yours). And you need to know the difference between looking and gawking. The former is one of the great pleasures of travel; the latter is not just rude, but does fundamental injury to the guest-host relationship. 

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Tourism is a great privilege.  Our  clients benefit from our connection to the various religious site... We travel the distance to understand before taking our clients .... 

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One of the primary places where we tend to get this distinction wrong is at religious sites. Many who travel are either not religious, or are visiting places where people celebrate different religions. It’s a legitimate subject of interest, of course, and visiting temples and cathedrals, as well as religious residences, shrines, and places of pilgrimage, are some of the most understandably popular things for tourists to do. But learning to look without gawking, see without ogling can be the difference between being accepted as a visitor, and being resented as an intruder.

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It presents a fine line, going to a place so meaningful to some just to take a look-see, but if you keep these four rules in mind, and follow them to the extent you’re able, you’ll likely find yourself on the right side of the visitor-intruder divide

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