Habesha Cultural Center and Art Gallery was established in August 2004 with a vision of playing a pivotal role in the development of Ethiopia’s tourism industry. The company had started its business by opening stunning shops where Ethiopian souvenirs, traditional cloths, jewellery, African souvenirs, paintings, and books and audios are sold to visitors in one of the prestigious addresses of Addis Ababa, Dembel City Center. By doing so, the company had made significant improvements in the quality and diversity of the Ethiopian cultural artifacts and tourist products and displayed a high standard of service that can appear as a role model for other players in similar business. On top of the retail outlets, the company had opened coffee museum which depicts the true and original practice of the Ethiopian Coffee Ceremony with a view to promoting Ethiopian coffee to tourists visiting the company’s shops.

In a bid to introducing new tourist products, Habesha Cultural Center and Art Gallery had made its debut by opening city tour business by importing luxurious open top double deck buses for sight seeing of Addis Ababa city. This is an absolutely new venture even in African standard. Only Morocco and South Africa have introduced such services so far. Among others, this service is providing great opportunity for conference and business visitors who arrived for short stay to visit Addis Ababa in a most comfortable and convenient manner.

Habesha Cultural Center and Art Gallery also provides package tour services through its well organized tour operation department. Please refer to the itinerary developed to cater to the different needs of our customers posted on this web site. Besides the tour operation service the company also provides car hire services. The vehicles available for rent include Land Cruisers, saloon cars, mini buses and midi buses with 20 – 25 seats, among others.

The company’s business has strong backward and forward linkages that have benefited producers of souvenirs, traditional cloths, painters and authors supplying the company. On the other hand, what ever the company sales to tourists would have a vital role in promoting the destination where it is bought from, what we call a forward linkage.

In the foreseeable future the company shall engage in tour operations and construct loges in some of the famous tourist destinations of the country. Habesha Cultural Center and Art Gallery is currently making preparations to engage in export of Ethiopian cultural artifacts and souvenirs to foreign markets.