Tour guides are one of the key figures in the development of tourism around the globe. Similarly,rnthey are playing a significant role in Ethiopia. Even though there are some knowledgeable,rnethical, and well qualified tour guides; there are guides who are repeatedly blamed for poor andrnunethical practice by different stakeholders. But all the blames and accusations were pointingrntowards tour guides. This study is mainly motivated by these one sided reports and limitedrnscholarly attention given to tourism professionalism in Ethiopia. The study was conductedrnthrough mixed research method and descriptive design. Based on the findings of the study, therntour guiding practice of Addis Ababa city was found to have many problems. These problems arernnot merely the result of tour guides fault; it is all stakeholders' failure in terms of creatingrnhealthy working environment. Tour guides have their own weakness, especially in terms ofrnorganized way of practice and professional development. Similarly other stakeholders were notrnsupporting the practice of tour guiding. Generally, the study revealed that problem with the tourrnguiding practice of the city is a sum of multifaceted causes and the solution can also come fromrnthe involvement of all stakeholders in the tourism business. In addition, the study is not limited tornidentifYing the problems and causes; it is filrther extended to pointing out the possiblernmechanisms which can improve the tour guiding practice.rnKey terms: Tour guide, Tour guiding, Problem, Challenge, and Mechanism.