Exploring Climate Change, Technology and Sustainable Tourism Nexus in Bangladesh

Md. Julhaz Hossain, Md. Rakibul Hafiz Khan Rakib () and Azizul Hassan
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Md. Julhaz Hossain: Institute of Business Administration, University of Rajshahi
Md. Rakibul Hafiz Khan Rakib: Begum Rokeya University
Azizul Hassan: The Tourism Society

Chapter Chapter 17 in Technology Application in the Tourism and Hospitality Industry of Bangladesh, 2021, pp 283-300 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Climate is probably the most buzzing word of the recent decade that has been able to manage attention of considerable number of researchers and academics. In reality, as the typical nature of salinity, snowing, rainfall, stream flow, evaporation, draught and relevant are affected by climate warms. All these comprehensively lead to affect both the supply and quality of natural tourism resources and result to unpredictable weather and pollution in the destination’s vicinity. Countries lying within the closer proximity to the sea and ocean are taken as vulnerable to experience the ill effects of global climate change mostly. However, this can harm almost all of the areas of the economy including tourism of a country like Bangladesh. The effects of climate change are researched mostly from the scientific perspectives. Surprisingly, such effect analyzes are mostly left unattended for tourism. Thus, the aim of this research is to analyze the effects of climate change in the tourism industry of Bangladesh. The study based on primarily extensive literature review and secondary data also explores the indigenous knowledge and practices of the locals engaged in tourism business in Bangladesh. Besides, any possible application of technology that can nullify the ill effect of climate change is also addressed. Findings show that, among many tourism destinations, the coastal tourism business enterprises and age old archaeological sites in Bangladesh are the most prone to global climate change effects. This research finds that since the national economy of Bangladesh is partly tourism relied; the ill effects from such climate change might possibly be the minimum. The research suggests addressing indigenous knowledge and practices in the national action plan of Bangladesh to tackle climate change effects for ensuring sustainable tourism development in Bangladesh.

Keywords: Climate change; Effects; Tourism; Sustainability; Technology; Sustainable tourism; Bangladesh (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1007/978-981-16-2434-6_17

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