Economic Reporter :
Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister AKM Shahjahan Kamal has urged the Arab nations to make investment in Bangladesh tourism sector considering it as untapped destinations for global leisure makers.
“Currently, an investment-friendly environment is prevailing in Bangladesh and our government is offering many facilities to global investors for attracting more Foreign Direct Investment (FDI),” he said while speaking at a press conference in Dubai, the UAE on Monday, according to a message received on Tuesday.
The minister addressed the local journalists after opening Bangladesh Pavilion at 25th Arabian Travel Market (ATM) in Dubai where 2,936 different tour and travel entities from 68 countries including Bangladesh are participating, one of the largest tourism expositions in Middle East and North Africa.
Shahjahan said Bangladesh is keen to provide all kinds of facilities as well as committed to ensure secured environment for the foreign enterprises those are willing to invest in the tourism sector.
Bangladesh government has already acquired land at Sabrang in Teknaf, one of the exciting tourist destinations of the country, to make exclusive tourist zone only for foreign tourists and currently it is looking for foreign investment to develop the zone, he informed the journalists.
The minister also urged the tour operators of the UAE and other Arab countries to work with Bangladeshi tour operators for creating linkage and network between Bangladesh and Middle Eastern tourism industries.
Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister AKM Shahjahan Kamal has urged the Arab nations to make investment in Bangladesh tourism sector considering it as untapped destinations for global leisure makers.
“Currently, an investment-friendly environment is prevailing in Bangladesh and our government is offering many facilities to global investors for attracting more Foreign Direct Investment (FDI),” he said while speaking at a press conference in Dubai, the UAE on Monday, according to a message received on Tuesday.
The minister addressed the local journalists after opening Bangladesh Pavilion at 25th Arabian Travel Market (ATM) in Dubai where 2,936 different tour and travel entities from 68 countries including Bangladesh are participating, one of the largest tourism expositions in Middle East and North Africa.
Shahjahan said Bangladesh is keen to provide all kinds of facilities as well as committed to ensure secured environment for the foreign enterprises those are willing to invest in the tourism sector.
Bangladesh government has already acquired land at Sabrang in Teknaf, one of the exciting tourist destinations of the country, to make exclusive tourist zone only for foreign tourists and currently it is looking for foreign investment to develop the zone, he informed the journalists.
The minister also urged the tour operators of the UAE and other Arab countries to work with Bangladeshi tour operators for creating linkage and network between Bangladesh and Middle Eastern tourism industries.
