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Africa-Press – Ethiopia. <\/strong><\/span>The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) is now home to around 70 islands that have immense tourism destination development potential, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed disclosed today.<\/p>\n

Abiy noted that \u201cthere are many possibilities for us on the horizon, if we commit to working in unison to unlock our national potential.\u201d<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Ethiopia<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Ethiopia. The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) is now home to around 70 islands that have immense tourism destination development potential, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed disclosed today. Abiy noted that \u201cthere are many possibilities for us on the horizon, if we commit to working in unison to unlock our national potential.\u201d For More […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":22558,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[233,277,235],"class_list":["post-22560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-ethiopia-2","tag-ethiopia"],"yoast_head":"\nGERD Home to 70 Islands with Immense Tourism Dev\u2019t Potential: PM Abiy - Ethiopia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) is now home to around 70 islands that have immense tourism destination develo ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/gerd-home-to-70-islands-with-immense-tourism-devt-potential-pm-abiy\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"GERD Home to 70 Islands with Immense Tourism Dev\u2019t Potential: PM Abiy\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) is now home to around 70 islands that have immense tourism destination develo ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/gerd-home-to-70-islands-with-immense-tourism-devt-potential-pm-abiy\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Ethiopia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-09-24T11:26:38+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-09-24T12:48:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/sites\/50\/2023\/09\/sm_1695543259.438592.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"977\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"507\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/gerd-home-to-70-islands-with-immense-tourism-devt-potential-pm-abiy#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/gerd-home-to-70-islands-with-immense-tourism-devt-potential-pm-abiy\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"GERD Home to 70 Islands with Immense Tourism Dev\u2019t Potential: PM Abiy\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-09-24T11:26:38+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-09-24T12:48:47+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/gerd-home-to-70-islands-with-immense-tourism-devt-potential-pm-abiy\"},\"wordCount\":73,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/gerd-home-to-70-islands-with-immense-tourism-devt-potential-pm-abiy#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/sites\/50\/2023\/09\/sm_1695543259.438592.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Ethiopia\",\"ethiopia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/gerd-home-to-70-islands-with-immense-tourism-devt-potential-pm-abiy#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/gerd-home-to-70-islands-with-immense-tourism-devt-potential-pm-abiy\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/gerd-home-to-70-islands-with-immense-tourism-devt-potential-pm-abiy\",\"name\":\"GERD Home to 70 Islands with Immense Tourism Dev\u2019t Potential: PM Abiy - 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