Think tank launched to promote tourism

A non-profit think tank has recently been launched to promote tourism and harness its development opportunities at home and abroad with stakeholders including public and private entities, researchers, professionals and journalists.

"Global Sustainable Tourism Network Bangladesh" was launched on Monday through the nomination of its chairman and executive director, Md Abdus Samad and Abu Sufian respectively, for a five-year tenure, says a press release.

Mustafa Osman Turan, foreign relations advisor to the mayor of Istanbul and the immediate past Turkish ambassador to Bangladesh, was also nominated as its adviser.

The platform also has 14 founding executive board members, two of whom are also university chapter heads.