bdnews24.com :
The trial run of the Guwahati-Shillong-Dhaka bus service will start next month, says Bangladesh envoy in India Tariq A Karim. That should generate greater interest in Bangladesh about India’s Northeast, he says.
Young Bangladeshis head to far-off Kenya for a rhino safari when it is available across the border in Assam’s Kaziranga, home to more than 2,000 one-horned Indian rhinos, says Dipankar Barua , chairman of Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industries’ (FICCI) tourism committee in Northeast. “This is because they know so little about India’s Northeast, despite all the proximity.”.
Bangladesh’s high commissioner to India, Ahmad Tariq Karim did not disagree, but said with better road, air and water connectivity that should change.
Karim was a special guest at a meeting organised by FICCI in Guwahati on Wednesday.
He said both governments agree on the need for better connectivity between India’s Northeast with Bangladesh but a few bottle necks needs to be cleared up.
“In the longer term we need to work out a mechanism where businessmen,
professionals and goods from both sides can move freely,” he said. Bangladesh envoy Ahmad Tariq Karim speaks at a FICCI organised discussion at Assam’s Guwahati. photo: bdnews24.com
FICCI tourism committee’s Chairman Dipanker Barua, while highlighting the problems faced in promoting tourism in Bangladesh informed the High Commissioner that despite of their best efforts, they have not been able to generate better response in Assam or the other Northeastern States about the neighbouring country.
Citing examples, he said, Bangladesh’s young generation rather travel all the way to Kenya for a rhino safari while the same is easily available in Assam’s famed Kaziranga national park.
