Shamim Jahangir

Despite huge prospect to earn foreign currency from tourism sector, all the successive governments have failed to take proper steps to promote the sector in the national development efforts.
Bangladesh Parjatan Corporation (BPC) has got received any fund yet from the government to run its activities during the current fiscal.
In 1999, a total of 1,72,781 foreigners came to visit Bangladesh. Since than the numbers of visitors have been steadily increasing reaching almost 3 lakh a year. In January 2008 alone 39,345 foreigners visited the country. [Read more]