Dan Ware, the owner of Chicago-based Toto Tours—which has a mostly gay clientele—has cancelled an October trip to Ethiopia after receiving death threats from people in the African country, the Chicago Sun-Times reported.
The “Treasures of Ethiopia” trip had been in doubt since May, when an anti-gay Ethiopian blogger posted a comment about Toto and the trip. Dozens of emails to Toto followed, and one read, “Forget your planning to visit Ethiopia as a group of gays!!! You will never get back in ONE piece!!!”
Recent killings in Ethiopia and a coup attempt convinced Ware that the situation in that country were too unstable to risk a trip. The five people who had booked the trip have had their money refunded, Ware said.
The Sun-Times article is at http://chicago.suntimes.com/business/2019/6/25/18744139/gay-tour-group-toto-cancels-ethiopia-trip.