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So far, various studies attempted to study Ethiopia Eco-tourism potential is huge and unmatched. However, little is done on the exploring on challenges of tourism development. Therefore, this article was envisaged with objective of critically reviewing the key challenges of eco-tourism development in the selected eco-tourism sites (Semin Mountain National Park , Mekit Eco- Tourism Site and Guna Mountain Community based Eco-tourism site) of Ethiopia. In order to meet the objective, interviewee and extensive document analysis of relevant literature on eco-tourism development challenges was reviewed to give insight on the cutting edge issues on eco-tourism development. The secondary and primary data sources portrayed that, the question of grazing land, Human population pressure, livestock pressure, Agricultural land expansion, absence of tourist facility and infrastructure , host community conflict of interest, human wild life conflict, deforestation, low level of host community awareness, fire destruction, poverty, livelihood issues are the main challenging factors for the selected eco-tourism sites of Ethiopia.