DHAKA, Dec 2 (NNN-BSS) – A three-day tourism expo kicked off here yesterday, with a view to boosting the country’s travel industry business.
The Association of Travel Agents of Bangladesh (ATAB), organised the event titled “Bangladesh International Travel and Tourism Expo” at the Bangabandhu International Conference Centre, also known as the Bangladesh-China Friendship Conference Centre.
Bangladeshi Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister, Md Mahbub Ali, inaugurated the expo.
ATAB President, SN Manzur Murshed, said, Bangladesh witnessed a significant infrastructural transformation in recent years, which is crucial to attracting more tourists from abroad. “Proper branding of local places and heritage is a must for development of the cross-border tourism here,” he added.
Talking on the sidelines of the expo, Yue Liwen, cultural counsellor of the Chinese Embassy in Bangladesh, said, there is still a lot of potential for tourism development between Bangladesh and China, hoping that, the two sides can work together to promote more exchanges of tourists between the two countries
