Tourism sector in Bangladesh, after rise of series
terrorist attacks, is now facing a great disastrous situation that never ever
has seen in this field in recent years. Coming trend of tourists has already
been declined that caused financial loss to the stalk holders those who
involved in this business.
Analysts opined that on last July, a terrorist
attack in Holy Artisan Restaurant was carried on by the local terrorist group
that left dead 20 inmates including 17 foreign personnel. According to the Tour
Operators Association of Bangladesh nearly 10 thousand tourist and foreign
guests already have been cancelled at this incident in last two months fearing
lack of security in Dhaka they considering. Managing Director Toufiqe Uddin
Ahmed to the Association commented the pale face in this sector due to the
terror attacks before and after the attack on Holy Artisan Restaurant, the
situation came to the surface actually seemed to us horrible.
Bangladesh government tried to quell the tense
situation and arrested the suspect masterminds and militants those who involved
in this terror connection. But the government seemed to fail giving security to
those who are foreign personnel doing jobs and travelling the country each and
every day. Seeing the latest development, USA, UK and Australia issued
cautionary alert to the travelling people who intend to travel to this country
so that they might not fall into untoward situation.
Toufique Uddin Ahmed said tourists are now on the
mood of cancelling their own bookings in hotels, motels and restaurants out of
fear possible more attacks and rescheduled their next destinations. In this
critical juncture, the readymade garments, the hotel and tourist trade as a
whole fall into disastrous situation. Traders are facing loss everyday and fail
to return trust to the touring people in this sector.
Premier Sheikh Hasina once announced the year 2016
as the year of tourism development and now it is threatened by the terrorists;
and the government took it as a challenge. At any cost the government will face
the terror attacks and uproot the terrorism and militancy in the soil of
Bangladesh. Motivational campaigns against the terror activities across the
country are going on in full swing. Political parties, socio-cultural
organizations even the educational institutions have joined to the mega campaign.
What is next nobody can anticipate over the incoming
days in Bangladesh. Meanwhile, scheduled international conferences on trade
bodies on August 12, 13 have been shifted to other countries from Dhaka showing
only the security reason. The concerned persons opined there lies over 60
hotels, motels and restaurants in Banani, Gulshan and Baridhara areas, which
are counting loss each and every day. Khaledur Rahman Sony, managing director
of Golden Tulip Grand Mark says booking is going down alarmingly; tourists and
foreign people are cancelling their bookings that cause great loss to our
commerce.
Hotel Lake
Shore’s deputy managing director Sharif Mollah says thirty percent foreign
retailers doing business here in Dhaka, already have been cancelled their
respective occupied accommodations and a handful number of the people are now
residing in the hotels, motels and restaurants for doing their commercial ends.
BGMEA, a readymade garments body vice president
Mohammad Nasir says the clients are now favoring to third countries to do
business instead of doing business in Bangladesh. “We are striving to make them
return but all strive goes in the vain while the terror attacks not stopped.”
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