In Africa, though the potential for tourism is said to be much higher, the number of touristsrnarrived at the continent and revenue generated from this sector is very low as comparedrnwith the other continents. Lack of technical persons to provide relevant and sufficientrninformation to the tourists is one of the main stumbling blocks for development of tourismrnin AfricarnEthiopia is no exception to this. There is only one training institute (called CITI) whichrnhas trained 59 tour guides and travel operators; at least 23% of them don't work in therntourism sector. On the other hand the number of tour operators and travel agencies in therncountry is highly increasing just after 1990 and now they are altogether 109. These tourrnoperators and travel agencies are acting as a tourism information center (TIC) in providingrninformation to the tourists coming to the country.rnIn Ethiopia, usually the media that are used to promote tourism are guide books, brochures,rnflyers, amI few documentary films . In all these media, the information is organized in arnlinear way and the user has to search all over the document from beginning to the end untilrnhe/she has got the required information. Had the information been organized in such a wayrnthat the user can easily branch out from one chunk of information to the other in arnmeaningful way with all types of media, it would have saved the time of the user andrnincrease also the level of understanding. Hypermedia system, which incorporates textualrndatabases, sound, animation, video, still pictures and other type of media, can support the rnfacilities mentioned above. In a hypermedia system, the intonation nodes are organized inrna non linear way so that the users can easily navigate around the knowledge corpses.rnUtilities of such databases can be enhanced by developing an expert interface on top of it tornprovide guidance to the users.rnIn this study an attempt has been made to develop an integrated expert and hypermediarnsystem to guide tourists planning to visit Ethiopia. The knowledge base for the expertrnsystem was acquired from one experienced tour guide and two of his trainees. The acquiredrnknowledge was represented in a hierarchical model and a production rule method was usedrnto map the knowledge base for computer programming. Information for the textualrndatabase and still pictures for the hypermedia system were taken from various guide booksrnand brochures and the recorded 'sound was taken from the concerned organizations.rnKnowledgePro was used as a tool for developing the prototype. The prototype expert andrnhypermedia components were integrated at three levels. The first was at the start of thernsystem i.e. the user will be asked whether he/she is in need of assistance. If yes expertrnsystem will run otherwise the user will be taken to the hypermedia knowledge corpses. Thernsecond situation is at the end of the expert systems' suggestion. After the user is advised tornvisit a particular tourist site, there is an explanation about that selected tourist site using thernhypermedia system. The third position where these two systems are integrated is using therntwo buttons found on each system. One button is labeled as 'Hypermedia' on expert systemrnmodule and the other button is labeled as Expert' on hypermedia system module. Usingrnthese two buttons the user can go from one system to the other easily at any time