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.
After a long wait, Patuakhali’s Kuakata municipality will get a bus terminal of its own. But its construction is progressing extremely slowly, causing immense sufferings to tourists from home and abroad as well as locals.
Kuakata, home to the second largest beach in Bangladesh, is already visited by a large number of domestic and foreign tourists each year but their numbers could increase seven-fold once the Padma Multipurpose Bridge is officially opened, according to local businesspeople.
Number of Kewra trees in the Gangamati Reserved Forest area in Kuakata are rapidly dwindling. The death of trees that were planted to protect the lives and property of people living along the coast from natural disasters is increasing the risk of disaster.