September 8, 2008

Constraints to the development of tourism industry in Bangladesh

10. SOME CONSTRAINTS TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF TOURISM INDUSTRY IN BANGLADESH:

Though tourism industry and its market have grown phenomenally worldwide, there is no significant growth and development of tourism in Bangladesh. In reality, tourism in Bangladesh is essentially at its infant stage. As a third world nation, Bangladesh has no doubt many obstacles to the development of its tourism sector. These mainly include underdeveloped infrastructure, lack of facilities, insecurity of tourists’ movements, bad image of the country, lack of sufficient investment, transportation and communication problems, introduce the country among the prospective tourists, etc. However, some constraints/obstacles faced by the tourism industry in Bangladesh to its development are given below:

Absence of Enough and Exclusive Tourist products, Absence of Peripheral Products, Underdeveloped Infrastructure, Poor Access to Destinations, Small Number of Tour Operators, inefficient National Airlines, insignificant Role of Travel Agencies, Shortage of Professional Guides, Inefficient Channel of Collection Network, Insignificant Role of Travel Agencies, Shortage of Professional Guides, Inefficient Channel of Collection Network, Higher/Unreasonable Prices of Some Components, Bad Image of an Misconception about the Country, Lack of Enough and Effective Marketing Promotion, Lack of Security, Lack of Professionally Skilled people, Absence of Appropriate Management, Absence of Marketing Principles, Resource constraints, Inadequate attention and Priority of the Government, Inadequate Role of the BPC, Frequent Changes in the Top Position of the BPC, Least Travel Minded People, Absence of Private Sector Participation.

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