This research examined the contribution of inbound tourism to the community livelihood inrnEthiopia: the case of Simien Mountains National Park, North West Ethiopia. The researchrnmethod used is mixed; the quantitative and qualitative approaches done concurrently. Thernresearch revealed that the inbound tourism contributes for job creation, supports thernagricultural activities, saving, and small and micro-enterprises through additionalrndisposable income generation. It also supports the human capital development of therncommunity as, food and nutrition, education health, housing and access for technology.rnThe inbound tourism helped to link the agriculture, the souvenir business with the tourismrnservice activities. The agriculture supplies the tourism with vegetables, fruits, live animalsrnsuch as chicken, sheep, goats and the like and rent pack animals. Still there is a gap in thernimport substitution. The souvenir article production and sales also benefit from the tourism.rnAge and education are found to be the most important factors that affect income from tourismrnservices. The more educated earn better than the less educated and the younger earns morernthan the older. Though it has relation with tourism income, sex is not found to be significantrnfactor. Tourism is found to contribute significantly for the livelihood of the local communityrnin the case of the Simen Mountains national park. It contributes for employment creation,rngovernment income in form of entrance, income tax from enterprise and the workers, etc. Thernresearch also revealed that there are challenges for tourism at individual such as lack ofrnknowledge, sill, language and the like, at community level village and household sanitation tornattract visitorsâ€™ experience, lack of awareness for tourism and government level notrnprofessionalize the sector, intervention in the private service sector, and others