International Tourism Fair kicks off in city

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Economic Reporter :
A four-day international tourism fair under the style NOVOAIR Dhaka Travel Mart 2016 begins at the Ball Room of Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel on Saturday.
Rashed Khan Menon, MP, Minister for Civil Aviation and Tourism formally inaugurated the fair.
NOVOAIR, a private airline of the country is supporting the event as the Title Sponsor while Bangladesh Tourism Board (BTB) and national carrier Biman Bangladesh Airlines as the partners of the fair.
Syed Ahsan Hossain Kazi, General Manager, Biman Bangladesh Airlines , Bhuban Chandra Biswas, Director, Bangladesh Tourism Board, Mofizur rahman, Managing Director, NOVOAIR, Dato’Daljit Singh, Advisor to the Minister for Tourism and Culture Malaysia and Isra Stapanaseth, Director, Tourism Authority of Thailand addressed the inaugural ceremony among others.
About 50 organisations from different countries and host Bangladesh are taking part in NOVOAIR Dhaka Travel Mart?2016, which includes National Tourism Organisations (NTOs), Airlines, Tour Operators, Hotels, Resorts, Healthcare service providers among others.
Participating organisations during the 4?day fair are offering special discount on airfares and other tourism products and services. Attractive tour packages for domestic and foreign destinations are also available for the visitors.
On sideline of the fair a round table conference on ‘MICE Tourism in Bangladesh’ also held on the day. Abdul Matlub Ahmad, President FBCCI was present at the conference as Chief Guest.
Tourism Malaysia and Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) have undertaken different activities including B2B meetings during the fair. A high-power delegation of Tourism Malaysia is visiting Dhaka along with a cultural troupe to participate at the fair.
Visitors may go around the fair from 5 pm – 9 pm on Friday and from 10 am to 8 pm from Saturday to Monday paying an entry fee of Tk. 25. Raffle draw on the entry coupons will be held on the concluding day, April 11, at 7.30 pm at the fair venue in front of visitors. Prizes will include airline tickets to various destinations at home and abroad, exciting tour packages, star hotel accommodation, lunch/dinner coupons and others.
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