The government has framed rules for tour operators and guides in order to give the key cogs of the tourism industry a formal shape and tap the sector’s potential in Bangladesh.
Travellers were undeterred by the ongoing heatwave or higher accommodation and transport costs as tourist destinations across Bangladesh were bustling with activity during the recent holiday centring Eid-ul-Fitr.
Tourist spots across Bangladesh are abuzz with both domestic and foreign travellers as the coming of winter, the country’s main holiday season, has again brought cheers to the tourism sector following the relaxing of enforcement of pandemic restrictions since the middle of last year.
The houseboats that set sail on the wetlands every monsoon for dreamy holidays in the country's haors are now housing people, whose homes have been flooded, and delivering aid to those marooned.
Young people in Bangladesh are increasingly joining the country’s largely untapped tourism sector on completion of the tertiary-level education instead of running after government and private jobs.