Elhiopia is endowed wilh givers al/ractions that enabled the countly to be one 0/ the toprn10urisll1 destinations in A(i'ica. To utilize these/iilltourism potential ~/rorts has 10 bernmude in developing deslinalions. atlracling lourisls, and providing high qualily servicesrn10 lOurisl S. To this end, Ihe availability a/well educated, qualified and experiencedrnhUll1an resource capital is o/paramount importance. In recognition o/the situationrnEthiopian Federal Democralic Republic (EFDR) government is expanding tourismrnedllcalion and IraininR Of diffe rent levels, in dif(e rent parI of the country. Despite therne/fiJrts made and Ihe intended objeclive oj'quality per(ormance, the problems oIthernsector seem to endure. Thus, this study sought to examine the challenges exhibited onrnlourism education and training by investigating the educational institutions, servicernproviders, slakeholders. and service receivers. Given Ihe descriptive nature oIthe stud))rnbOlh quanlilalive and qualitative analysis are applied. Questionnaire. inlerview, fo cusrngroup discussion, key inforlllant interviews, and observation were the main mechanismsrnoj'inquilY ulilized inlhe slud)l. The study analysis was carried out using primm)' datarn(lcljuir edfi-olll silllple I'CImlolll/ jl selecled educalional inslilutions, lourism servicernproviders. louris/s, and stockholders. Statistical analysis oIassociation, chi-square testrn(,("lest), and binary logistic regression and description were used 10 illustrate and testrn.I'lali.l'/ical.l'igl1i(ical1ce o( variables that generale Ihe challenges or Ilick o/qualilY onrnlourism educalion as lI lIIain(ilclis and perj'ormance a/tourism service providersrnallogether. The result has .I'h01l1l1 educational administrCllive issues, capacity buildingrnapproach. ski" I mining loom, ,!(Icili lies o('t he insl it liles, curriculum 0(' tourisl1l, ethicaland al/iludina/ profile a/all Ihe inslnlclors ', fortner graduales. one/lor Ihe inslilules havernmaior/y di.p/ayed problems thai could couse poor perjiJrmance of the human resourcerndevelopm enr/i'Ot11Ihe eciucalion.lyslcm 10 Ihe seclor. The implicalion o/Ihis 10 policyrnmakers is Ihar II,c approach oj'lOurism educalion policy making should inlegrale wilh Ihernexperienced tourism professionals and experts both.fiom the county and abroad. and thernexisting tourism education experience should be revised to incorporate approaches ofrnhighly advanced 101lrism lraining and educational inslitUlions again bOlh in Ihe countryrnand abroad.