Journal of Tourism & Hospitality
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Abstract

Ecosystem Services and Tourism Potential in Lake Tana Peninsula: Ethiopia Review

Melese Worku

Lakes Tana is one of Ethiopia Lake, It located in Amhara Regions’, this Lake one of ecosystem services are very essential to the functioning of the earth’s life-support system and priceless for humankind as they contribute to human wellbeing and welfare at the current time. Lake Tana in valuable ecosystem services like comfort aquatic biodiversity, marine birds, tourism activity (religion), source of hydropower, recreation, irrigation for farmer around the Lake Tana, transporting, medicine values, rich flora and fauna can play multiple crucial roles in ecosystem services. These roles support the regulation, habitat, production functions of ecosystems. The review suggest that illegal settlements expansion especially agriculture practices around the Lake Tana to overexploitation of water resources and threatening of biodiversity in the Lake Tana. The responsible body aware and train because this Lake its functions and associated services.