Sustainable Tourism in Bangladesh: The Demand for Investment and Development

Md. Asad Iqbal Chowdhury, Md. Alauddin () and Mohammad Rahim Uddin
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Md. Asad Iqbal Chowdhury: International Islamic University Chittagong (IIUC)
Md. Alauddin: City University of Hong Kong
Mohammad Rahim Uddin: International Islamic University Chittagong (IIUC)

Chapter Chapter 22 in Tourism in Bangladesh: Investment and Development Perspectives, 2021, pp 363-381 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract This research places particular emphasis on sustainable tourism in Bangladesh. Theoretical understanding with some facts and figures are used to understand the different aspects of sustainable tourism in Bangladesh perspective. This research outlines the scope, importance, challenges, and suggestions to promote and ensure sustainable tourism in Bangladesh. Bangladesh is observing a growing trend in the tourism industry. This research discusses the scope of sustainable tourism from multiple dimensions from Bangladesh’s perspective. Then it briefly shows the importance of ensuring sustainability in the tourism industry of Bangladesh. After that, it identifies some challenges that the tourism industry facing and can face implementing sustainable tourism in Bangladesh. On the basis of the challenges, some propositions are also given to improve the process of achieving sustainable tourism. Moreover, worldwide experiences are brought into the debate, making it more significance-focused to offer some recommendations that could be helpful to Bangladesh’s promotion of sustainable tourism. This research views sustainable tourism not only for increasing the awareness of the tourists but also for improving the policies related to the tourism industry. This research considers the past experiences from around the world and even the probable future consequences. In addition, this research helps future researchers as guidance to do their extensive research.

Keywords: Sustainable tourism; Bangladesh; Environment; Wildlife; Society (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1007/978-981-16-1858-1_22

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