Tourist Year | Bangladesh 2016

Bangladesh; life happens here, a land of riverine, thrilling mix with fascinating history, vibrant cultures, panoramic beauties, flora and fauna, hills and forests, sandy sea beaches and wildlife, is waiting to welcome you on the occasion of ‘Visit Bangladesh 2016′. You will easily be impressed with so much variety of attractiveness within such a small geographic boundary; The world’s longest sandy beach- Coxsbazar, the world’s single largest mangrove forest- Sundarbans, Oceanic Kuakata, Coral island-Saint martins, hill track Bandarban- the green roof of Bangladesh, a land of colorful Indigenous groups and Lake City-Rangamati and unlimited historic and archaeological sites etc. are of life time experience for travelers. Bangladesh is a land for the tourists, researchers, wildlife and beauty of nature lovers.  Visit Bangladesh 2016 will land you across the rich cultural heritages and history of Bangladesh.

Bangladesh is a hidden tourism treasure waiting to be discovered. Happiness needs no reason here. This is what you will feel when you’ll come to this land. Here everyone has a story – story to celebrate the life, story to survive, story to come to the help of others, story to become and hospitable and smiling – which might be your life-time experience.

Observing that Bangladesh has all the treasures to emerge as the world's new tourist destination,  said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. She also said a decision has been taken to celebrate the 2016 as Tourism Year' or Visit Bangladesh Year-2016 for further marketing of Bangladesh's tourism industry. Therefore Bangladesh government has given immense importance to overall development of the tourism industry such as tourist police for special security for the travelers, allowed quality hotels to import equipment and accessories without duty, and decided to introduce on arrival visas to nationals of over 60 countries. So many organizations from home and abroad, including national tourism organizations, airlines, tour operators and hotel and resort operators are working restlessly to attract travelers. The government aims to increase foreign tourist arrivals by 70 percent to 10 lakh by 2016 by undertaking a series of promotional activities .

You feel home when you live in Bangladesh. The people and the nature will help you to get actual flavor of Bangladesh. Happiness, for us, needs no reason.   We know how to celebrate the life we are given.

The peak tourism season in Bangladesh starts in November and lasts through March. However, the prolonged blockades and strikes since early January have already hit the sector hard. 

There are many kinds of lifestyle of the people can be seen in Bangladesh — urban, rural and magnificent tribal life. Amidst the concrete jungle, the urban life follows a different direction than the rural life. The rural life has a much more strong relation with the nature. And, far from the maddening crowd, there are many tribal lifestyles can be noticed which are unique and vibrant in their own characteristics.

Really- life happens here.