EMPOWERING THE ACCRA-ADDIS-ARUSHA CONNECTION: The Layover policy & Hotel Tourism Strategies
by. E.K.Bensah Jr By now, if you are a frequent traveller to Addis, you might have experienced a layover policy, which sees a traveller spend the night in Addis before embarking onto his or her final destination with Ethiopian Airlines. For some of us, the layover policy just suddenly and without warning, grew on us. On my trip to Chad in July, I flew from Ndjamena to Addis, spent the night in an Ethiopian hotel, and returned to Accra the following day. It was a funny journey seeing me travel from Central Africa to East Africa -- only to fly back to West Africa the following day. A curious turn when Central Africa is just a few hours from West Africa! Still, I do not see many travellers and patronizers of Ethiopian Airlines complaining. The more travels you have to Addis and beyond, the more hotels you will certainly experience. That is good for you the traveller, and great for the pocket of owners of Ethiopian hotels! Without a doubt, the Accra-Ar...