Papers by Desalegn Amsalu
This article focused on the investigation of the level of host-guest interaction and its implicat... more This article focused on the investigation of the level of host-guest interaction and its implication on the quality of tourists' trip experiences in Ethiopia by taking Dorzé village as a case study. Dorzé people are a community inhabiting the Gamo highlands in southern Ethiopia. The village has well-known cultural tourist attractions with rich celebrations, traditional weaving, traditional house architecture, and attractive geography and hospitable climate. The study used a mixed approach of quantitative and qualitative methods. Convenience sampling technique was used to identify the sample from foreign tourists and 200 completed questionnaires were obtained. To analyze the quantitative data, descriptive statistics, correlation, and simple regression analysis techniques were used. In addition, in-depth structured interviews were held with selected community members and international tourists to discuss their experience of interaction between tourists and the Dorzé host community. The results reveal that in Dorzé village tourists had a good interaction with the host community in terms of building mutual understanding, but relatively less interaction in terms of formal or business relations and friendly interaction. The results also suggest that most of the tourists perceived good quality of experience and they appreciated their Dorzé village trip experience. Moreover, the findings of the study emphasized that the level of host-guest interaction has a significant implication for quality of tourists' on-site trip experience. Establishing good host-guest interactive circumstance can deliver a unique and better trip experience for visitors and then can yield sustainable competitive advantage for tourism providers.
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This article focused on the investigation of the level of host-guest interaction
and its implica... more This article focused on the investigation of the level of host-guest interaction
and its implication on the quality of tourists’ trip experiences in Ethiopia by
taking Dorzé village as a case study. Dorzé people are a community inhabiting
the Gamo highlands in southern Ethiopia. The village has well-known cultural
tourist attractions with rich celebrations, traditional weaving, traditional house
architecture, and attractive geography and hospitable climate. The study used a
mixed approach of quantitative and qualitative methods. Convenience
sampling technique was used to identify the sample from foreign tourists and
200 completed questionnaires were obtained. To analyze the quantitative data,
descriptive statistics, correlation, and simple regression analysis techniques
were used. In addition, in-depth structured interviews were held with selected
community members and international tourists to discuss their experience of
interaction between tourists and the Dorzé host community. The results reveal
that in Dorzé village tourists had a good interaction with the host community in
terms of building mutual understanding, but relatively less interaction in terms
of formal or business relations and friendly interaction. The results also suggest
that most of the tourists perceived good quality of experience and they
appreciated their Dorzé village trip experience. Moreover, the findings of the
study emphasized that the level of host–guest interaction has a significant
implication for quality of tourists’ on-site trip experience. Establishing good
host-guest interactive circumstance can deliver a unique and better trip
experience for visitors and then can yield sustainable competitive advantage for
tourism providers.
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This working paper is based on empirical research on translocal figurations of displacement in Et... more This working paper is based on empirical research on translocal figurations of displacement in Ethiopia. It explores TRAFIG’s central question: "How are protractedness, dependency and vulnerability related to the factors of local and translocal connectivity and mobility, and, in turn, how can connectivity and mobility be utilised to enhance the self-reliance and strengthen the resilience of displaced people?" The paper presents findings from six camps in Tigray and Afar regional states, as well as urban refugees in Addis Ababa and several cities in Tigray. The findings show that the capability to break free from protracted displacement is primarily determined by each refugee's networks and connectivity. Local and translocal connectivity enable refugees to move out of camps, secure livelihoods, widen future chances and process their onward mobility. In the cities or in other countries in which displaced people temporarily or permanently settle, network contacts provide ...
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This working paper is based on empirical research on translocal figurations of displacement in Et... more This working paper is based on empirical research on translocal figurations of displacement in Ethiopia. It explores TRAFIG's central question: "How are protractedness, dependency and vulnerability related to the factors of local and translocal connectivity and mobility, and, in turn, how can connectivity and mobility be utilised to enhance the self-reliance and strengthen the resilience of displaced people?" The paper presents findings from six camps in Tigray and Afar regional states, as well as urban refugees in Addis Ababa and several cities in Tigray.
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Ethiopian Journal of Human Rights, 2020
Ethiopia was hailed as one of the fast-growing countries from 2004
to 2015. Under the Growth and ... more Ethiopia was hailed as one of the fast-growing countries from 2004
to 2015. Under the Growth and Transformation Plan I (GTP I),
which ran from 2009/2010 to 2014/2015, the country launched a
transformative development plan. Subsequently, many state-owned
mega-projects were designed with the aim to improve the country’s
economy and improve peoples’ lives. However, the livelihood of
local communities that hosted these projects has been disrupted. The
Kumpal of northwest Ethiopia are one of the minority groups that
hosted large-scale development projects intervention, three sugar
development projects under GTP I. The Kumpal have experienced
disruption in their livelihood, without benefiting much from the
employment opportunities created by the projects due to the lack of
educated manpower qualifying for the positions. They also benefited
less from compensations, both in cash and in land, for being displaced
from their places of residence. The implementation of the projects was
also incompatible to the host community’s socio-cultural institutions
and values. Despite favourable constitutional provisions for the right
to development of disadvantaged ethnic communities and the state’s
obligation to support them, development planners have overlooked
the effects of large-scale development sugar projects on the host
Kumpal community. The article recommends similar future projects
should consider socio-economic consequences on local communities.
The sugar development projects, yet under construction after having
been delayed due to corruption, should also work on re-strengthening
the Kumpal livelihood and support the community to continue as a
viable group.
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Since 1995 and until it apparently eased with the coming of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, ethnicity ... more Since 1995 and until it apparently eased with the coming of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, ethnicity has become the dogmatic principle of the country for its social and political policies. Consequently, it has permeated through university campuses and affected relationships among students belonging to different ethnic groups. This study makes a micro-sociological ethnographic description and analysis of different “sites” of student interactions in curricular activities such as in classroom learning, extracurricular activities such as sporting, and service deliveries such as common residential compounds and dining halls at Addis Ababa University’s Main Campus.
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Journal of Tourism and Hospitality, 2020
This paper aims to present and discuss the potential tourism resources of Dorze village in southe... more This paper aims to present and discuss the potential tourism resources of Dorze village in southern Ethiopia. The research was conducted in 2018 through qualitative methods. Field data were collected by field observation and interviews with tourists, local community, local tourism experts, local tour guides, as well as local potters’ and weavers’ association members. Thematic analysis technique was used and the results were qualitatively described with some supporting photographs. The findings of the study revealed that Dorze village is endowed with worthwhile cultural tourism attractions. The Dorze handcraft tradition such as hand weaving, pottery work, and elephant-shaped house building, cultural festivals, traditional music and instruments, and the process of making food from false banana trees and culinary experiences are identified as the most important cultural tourism resource of the village. On the other hand, lack of tourism infrastructures such as road, bank, water, and el...
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Results of the implementation of Ethiopian ethnic federal- ism are remarkably anomalous even afte... more Results of the implementation of Ethiopian ethnic federal- ism are remarkably anomalous even after this political order has been in place for more than two decades. Among others, the anomaly is evident within the range of ethnic groups existing at the local level. In particular minorities that share a federal state within majorities have not obtained equitable positive change from the federal system. Investigation of the impact on their social, economic, and political life shows that indeed they are inadequately accommodated to the extent they are promised at the level of constitutional promulgation. For some, the era of federalism has become even the era of old and/ or new predicaments. As an illustration, this article assesses the case of a minority group Known as Kumpal in the lowland of Northwest Ethiopia. Among the all-rounded problems of the Kumpal, the pa- per only takes into account the case of the unchecked in�耀ux of the highland population into their land and some of the p...
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and its implication on the quality of tourists’ trip experiences in Ethiopia by
taking Dorzé village as a case study. Dorzé people are a community inhabiting
the Gamo highlands in southern Ethiopia. The village has well-known cultural
tourist attractions with rich celebrations, traditional weaving, traditional house
architecture, and attractive geography and hospitable climate. The study used a
mixed approach of quantitative and qualitative methods. Convenience
sampling technique was used to identify the sample from foreign tourists and
200 completed questionnaires were obtained. To analyze the quantitative data,
descriptive statistics, correlation, and simple regression analysis techniques
were used. In addition, in-depth structured interviews were held with selected
community members and international tourists to discuss their experience of
interaction between tourists and the Dorzé host community. The results reveal
that in Dorzé village tourists had a good interaction with the host community in
terms of building mutual understanding, but relatively less interaction in terms
of formal or business relations and friendly interaction. The results also suggest
that most of the tourists perceived good quality of experience and they
appreciated their Dorzé village trip experience. Moreover, the findings of the
study emphasized that the level of host–guest interaction has a significant
implication for quality of tourists’ on-site trip experience. Establishing good
host-guest interactive circumstance can deliver a unique and better trip
experience for visitors and then can yield sustainable competitive advantage for
tourism providers.
to 2015. Under the Growth and Transformation Plan I (GTP I),
which ran from 2009/2010 to 2014/2015, the country launched a
transformative development plan. Subsequently, many state-owned
mega-projects were designed with the aim to improve the country’s
economy and improve peoples’ lives. However, the livelihood of
local communities that hosted these projects has been disrupted. The
Kumpal of northwest Ethiopia are one of the minority groups that
hosted large-scale development projects intervention, three sugar
development projects under GTP I. The Kumpal have experienced
disruption in their livelihood, without benefiting much from the
employment opportunities created by the projects due to the lack of
educated manpower qualifying for the positions. They also benefited
less from compensations, both in cash and in land, for being displaced
from their places of residence. The implementation of the projects was
also incompatible to the host community’s socio-cultural institutions
and values. Despite favourable constitutional provisions for the right
to development of disadvantaged ethnic communities and the state’s
obligation to support them, development planners have overlooked
the effects of large-scale development sugar projects on the host
Kumpal community. The article recommends similar future projects
should consider socio-economic consequences on local communities.
The sugar development projects, yet under construction after having
been delayed due to corruption, should also work on re-strengthening
the Kumpal livelihood and support the community to continue as a
viable group.
and its implication on the quality of tourists’ trip experiences in Ethiopia by
taking Dorzé village as a case study. Dorzé people are a community inhabiting
the Gamo highlands in southern Ethiopia. The village has well-known cultural
tourist attractions with rich celebrations, traditional weaving, traditional house
architecture, and attractive geography and hospitable climate. The study used a
mixed approach of quantitative and qualitative methods. Convenience
sampling technique was used to identify the sample from foreign tourists and
200 completed questionnaires were obtained. To analyze the quantitative data,
descriptive statistics, correlation, and simple regression analysis techniques
were used. In addition, in-depth structured interviews were held with selected
community members and international tourists to discuss their experience of
interaction between tourists and the Dorzé host community. The results reveal
that in Dorzé village tourists had a good interaction with the host community in
terms of building mutual understanding, but relatively less interaction in terms
of formal or business relations and friendly interaction. The results also suggest
that most of the tourists perceived good quality of experience and they
appreciated their Dorzé village trip experience. Moreover, the findings of the
study emphasized that the level of host–guest interaction has a significant
implication for quality of tourists’ on-site trip experience. Establishing good
host-guest interactive circumstance can deliver a unique and better trip
experience for visitors and then can yield sustainable competitive advantage for
tourism providers.
to 2015. Under the Growth and Transformation Plan I (GTP I),
which ran from 2009/2010 to 2014/2015, the country launched a
transformative development plan. Subsequently, many state-owned
mega-projects were designed with the aim to improve the country’s
economy and improve peoples’ lives. However, the livelihood of
local communities that hosted these projects has been disrupted. The
Kumpal of northwest Ethiopia are one of the minority groups that
hosted large-scale development projects intervention, three sugar
development projects under GTP I. The Kumpal have experienced
disruption in their livelihood, without benefiting much from the
employment opportunities created by the projects due to the lack of
educated manpower qualifying for the positions. They also benefited
less from compensations, both in cash and in land, for being displaced
from their places of residence. The implementation of the projects was
also incompatible to the host community’s socio-cultural institutions
and values. Despite favourable constitutional provisions for the right
to development of disadvantaged ethnic communities and the state’s
obligation to support them, development planners have overlooked
the effects of large-scale development sugar projects on the host
Kumpal community. The article recommends similar future projects
should consider socio-economic consequences on local communities.
The sugar development projects, yet under construction after having
been delayed due to corruption, should also work on re-strengthening
the Kumpal livelihood and support the community to continue as a
viable group.