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A massive perspective is that tourist sites are connected to sea routes.
For a country with the world’s largest mangrove forest, Chittagong Harbour, Cox’s Bazar Sandy Beach, the beautiful Teknaf Peninsula and the amazing island of St. Martin, maritime tourism can beat the Covid-19 blues by generating billions of dollars. All that is needed is a built-in initiative to unite those popular destinations through maritime terminals, according to experts.
“Bangladesh has great potential in the maritime tourism sector. We just want a built-in initiative that generates physically powerful economic growth,” Dr. Md Kawser Ahmed, a professor in dhaka University’s Department of Oceanography, told UNB.
“We can make billions of dollars in maritime tourism if the Sundarbans, Chattogram, Cox’s Bazar, Teknaf and Saint Martin Island are connected,” he added.
While maritime tourism has a view to helping Bangladesh achieve the prestige of an evolved country until 2041, the government takes appropriate measures, such as setting environmental taxes for tourists at the same time, not only to generate revenue, but also to protect the country’s valuable resources, according to Dr. Md Kawser.
“We propose to the government to set up Tk500 for a tourist landing on the island of Saint Martin and a minimum of Tk1,000 each night as an environmental tax. We hope tourists will pay with pleasure. We also paid a toll on the Padma Bridge, as on the Jamuna Bridge,” he said, also highlighting the desire to introduce diving in Saint Martin to attract tourists.
The professor said Bangladesh can be a destination of choice for foreign tourists in South Asia.
“Bangladesh can take a long-term initiative to connect Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Myanmar and India with maritime routes. Government-to-government agreements are needed to be a success,” he said.
The director of studies at the Centre for Political Dialogue (CPD), Dr. Khandoker Golam Moazzem, said tourism is in the country, but not at the expense of the environment.
“We want to put the environment first. We destroy our resources in the call of tourism. We also want to conserve coral,” he added.
Dr. Khandoker said the government will embark on a long-term plan to take passenger ships to the seas while prioritizing nature.
“If the plan is adopted, national and regional tourists will make the site and tourism sector a vital role in Bangladesh’s economy,” the economist said.
Shiblul Azam Koreshi, the owner of Abakash Parjatan on the island of Saint Martin, said the island is very with tourists in those days.
“About 2,000 tourists make a stopover on the island daily during the high season (December to February). Today, few domestic tourists make a stopover on the island due to bad weather and the Covid-19 pandemic,” he said.
The Vice-President of the Bangladesh Tourism Operators Association (TOAB) also said maritime tourism will animate Bangladesh’s economy. “The government is building a tourist domain in Teknaf’s Sabrang. Now tourists can enjoy the Bay of Bengal, the longest sea route in the world. “
“The government focuses on the blue economy to succeed over the economic crisis. Since Bangladesh won the case of the maritime border with Myanmar and India before the International Tribunal, there is no challenge in the Bay of Bengal. The ocean economy, known as the blue economy,” also provides opportunities in the fields of fishing, mineral resources, shipping and energy,” he said.
Shiblul said there are now 150 Abakash and 70 restaurants on the island of St. Martin. ” The government also deserves to set up a ‘waste treatment plant’ here as soon as possible. In addition, the solar capacity deserves to be improved to eliminate the darkness of the site,” he said.
Bangladesh has the right to fish and explore resources within the 118,813 square kilometres of the Bay of Bengal. Sources said the ocean contributes about $6 billion a year to Bangladesh’s economy. The aggregate gross price (VAB) of Bangladesh’s ocean economy $6. 2 billion in 2015.
The overall contribution of tourism and the sector to Bangladesh’s gross domestic product (GDP) was Taka 840. 2 billion, or 4. 3% of the country’s GDP in 2016, according to the knowledge of the Bangladesh Foreign Trade Institute (BFTI) .
According to the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC), the sector is expected to grow by 7. 1% per year, bringing the total contribution to 1783 billion taka, or 4. 7% of the country’s GDP by 2027.
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