Tourism

The government has started a process to formulate a master plan, aiming to attract more and more tourists -- both local and foreign ones -- through transforming the country’s tourism sector in a planned way. A consultancy firm has been hired to formulate the master plan and...

Bangladesh could see more star hotels in the next five years than what it has seen in the last five decades. But the Covid-19 pandemic has made all that uncertain. Now, many of the upcoming hotel projects would be delayed by a year or...

British aero-engine maker Rolls-Royce Holdings is considering cutting up to 15% of its workforce, a source close to the company told Reuters, as customers cut production and airlines park planes due to the coronavirus pandemic. The size of layoffs has been mentioned internally...

করোনাভাইরাসের কারণে বেশিরভাগ তারকা হোটেলের অতিথির সংখ্যা শুন্যে নেমে এসেছে। এতে বিপর্যস্ত হোটেলগুলোর ব্যবসা। কর্মকর্তা-কর্মচারীদের বেতন ভাতা দেওয়াও কঠিন হয়ে পড়েছে। এজন্য সরকারের কাছে ৫০০ কোটি টাকা অনুদান চেয়েছেন তারকা হোটেল মালিকেরা। পাশাপাশি সুদ মওকুফ, কর ছাড়,পরিষেবা বিল মওকুফ ও নতুন ঋণে সুবিধাসহ আরও নানা দাবি জানিয়েছেন...

Tourism sector of Bangladesh might face a loss of Tk 60.00 billion from January to December this year due to coronavirus outbreak as the sector has been affected most by the pandemic. The Tour Operator Association of Bangladesh (TOAB), a platform of 678 tour operators of Bangladesh,...

In a first for Bangladesh, the country has extended a lifeline of sorts to the beleaguered Sri Lankan economy, offering to top up the island nation's depleting foreign reserves by as much as $500 million. The global coronavirus pandemic has deprived Sri Lanka, which...

Bangladesh chapter of Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) has predicted that overall tourism sector of the country would incur a loss of approximately Tk 97.05 billion from February to next June 2020 due to COVID 19 pandemic. “We have estimated the turnover of entire tourism sector, including...

The government has so far announced a set of stimulus packages worth around $11.90 billion (Taka 1.011 trillion to offset the COVID-19 shock on various sectors of the country and minimise the sufferings of the people hit hard by the nationwide shutdown enforced to fend off the...

Air connectivity in Bangladesh should be more accessible and developed to expand domestic tourism, said the chief of a private carrier. “Worldwide trend of mass tourism started with the inception of the airline industry,” said Mofizur Rahman, managing director of Novoair, one of the three private carriers in the country. He...

Highlighting the potential of Cox’s Bazar, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said the government wants to turn Bangladesh into a global aviation hub that will help accelerate the country’s current economic march forward.“Considering Bangladesh’s geographical position, we want to make the country the centre of global...