Clubs, community centres, resorts as well as recreational facilities across Bangladesh have reopened to tourists, after having remained closed for months since last year due to the Covid-19 pandemic.The Bangladeshi government on August 12 .
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Tabarul Huq, Staff Correspondent, bdnews24.com
Published: 12 May 2021 03:24 AM BdST
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With the tourism hotspots shut amid a nationwide lockdown over a second wave of coronavirus infections, the sector is set to see yet another Eid pass by in despair. );
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Around four million people, who are directly or indirectly involved in the sector, stare at uncertain times, says Md Rafeuzzaman, president of the Tour Operators Association of Bangladesh or TOAB.
People involved in the sector are now seeking government help to ride out the crisis, as Rafeuzzaman says the industry stands to lose Tk 57 billion in lost business due to the crisis.
Bangladesh has vast prospect for tourism: Jabbar
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DHAKA, Feb 06, 2021 (BSS) – Posts and Telecommunications Minister Mustafa Jabbar today said Bangladesh has vast prospect for tourism industry.
He hoped that the tourism sector would play a significant role to the economic development of the country if the natural beauty of the country and modern hospitality of the people here could be tapped properly.
The minister said this while speaking as chief guest at a webinar on the importance of digital technology for the development of tourism sector organized by a private tourist operator organization Tour Operators Association of Bangladesh (TOAB) , said a press release.