Urban recreational parks have great values like by being an allraction for leisure and recreationrncontribute for tourism and contribute positively for the economy. In addition to this urbanrnrecreational parks. have social, environmental, educational and health benefits. However everrnurban recreational parks are underutilized due to poor services and facilities they have.rnMeasures taken to. solve the problem were limited due to lack of allention and research. Thernobjectives of the study were to assess current government authority practices for planning,rnproviding, managing and maintaining urban parks, identifying factors ajjecting recreationalrnparks service provision and perception of visitors on the service and facilities provided Thernstudy was conducted by collecting data and information from park visitors, parks and parkrnagency workers, Addis Ababa Tourism Bureau regarding official, and communityrnrepresentatives using questionnaire and key informant interview. In analyzing the datarndescriptive statistic for the questionnaire filled by park visitors and simple qualitative analysis isrnusedfor information from key injormant interview. Results indicated that services andfacilitiesrnat the parks are poor and poorly maintained Lack of finance, professional human resource andrnabsence policies and guidelines for service provision are the main problems resulted in poorrnservice facility. Therefore, to improve service and facilities and achieve intended objectiverngovernment should review its policies on park management to enable allocation of morernresources and the system of management and financial sourcing and involve all stakeholders inrnthe system are recommended