Potentiality & Duties For tourism Development In Bangladesh

Tourism is a sector of economic source is a recent idea. Tourism introduced in Bangladesh area in 1960s. The government of Bangladesh formed Bangladesh parjaton sonstha (Bangladesh tourist organization) subsequently of independence. In 1973, government of Bangladesh transformed it into Bangladesh Parjoton Corporation to develop tourism sector. Later, tourism policy was introduced in 1992 and tourism was declared as industry in 1999 in Bangladesh.


To make Bangladesh popular for the tourists , the programmee of country branding has started. On December, 2008, the logo of country branding and heme "Beautiful Bangladesh" were inaugurated. Bangladesh Parjoton Corporation has planned the programmee of "Country Branding For Bangladesh" sponsored by Banglalink, a non-governmental mobile phone company. Yet, some duties to develop tourism industry in Bangladesh are stated bellow.

Teaching on tourism :
To develop tourism industry , various courses on tourism can be introduced.For example, diploma, higher diploma, honors, masters and certificate courses.

Propaganda :
To attract foreign visitors, propaganda should be introduced with the help of several embassies. Tourism fair, seminar, symposium can be held on giving currency to the foreigners.

Encouraging local people :
Local people should be encouraged on tourism.Because, they can play an important role to develop the industry in tourists area.

Increasing facilities :
More and more facilities have to be increased for local and foreign visitors.

Appreciating private initiative :
To develop tourism industry, private entrepreneurs should be promoted by the government. For example, fantasy kingdom, Nandan park, sufery park.

Training the concerned stuffs :
Tourism stuffs should be trained on tourism. Therefore, including organizations can arrange "Training Programmee" for their stuffs.

Come out of religious orthodox :
It is important to come out from religious orthodox to develop tourism industry in Bangladesh properly.

Actually, tourism development depends on various elements. Availability of these elements accelerates tourism.For example, nature, culture, archaeology, historical relics, residential hotels, security, entertainment and specially the five "s" of English letters ,namely snow, sea, sun, sand, and sex.