Tourism is believed to be a tool for accommodating individuals with
different needs. But, it is still far from entertaining the interest of peoples with limited
ability. For such shortcomings, accessible tourism can be taken as the best remedy.
The aim of this study is to evaluate accessible tourism challenges and development
issues at hotels and attraction sites. Based on the assessment most of the tourist
standard hotels have tried to fulfil basic accessibility facilities like ramps, telephone,
accessible drop-off area, etc. On the other hand, most of them have failed to fulfil
elevators, pushchair, shower chair, bed risers etc. From the attractions assessment,
compared to the Royal enclosure of Gondar, the Rock hewn churches of Lalibela are
trying to improve the site and are constructing facilities in and around. Generally,
there are efforts to make tourism accessible in Amhara Region; but, still, there is a lot
to do.