Finance Minister AMA Muhith yesterday in his budget speech proposed Tk100 crore for tourism sector as the government declared 2016 as Tourism Year.
“We are planning to undertake a project with a view to promoting our tourism sector, creating awareness about it at local level and developing tourist sites across the country,” he said.
“As the prime minister declared 2016 Tourism Year, I propose to allocate Tk100 crore initially for this purpose in this budget.”
Muhith said the government is also considering building tourist and entertainment village in Cox’s Bazar, an international-standard tourism complex and a five-star hotel in Sylhet under Public-Private Partnership (PPP).
Though the government on December 31, 2015 declared 2016 the Tourism Year, the ministry is going to get the allocation in July next.
Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister Rashed Khan Menon expressed his dissatisfaction in an exclusive interview with Dhaka Tribune recently over the delayed budget allocation for the tourism sector.
Earlier Menon announced that steps would be taken to revitalise the sector, and at least 10 lakh foreign tourists would visit Bangladesh in 2016.
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