tourism

Simple precautions for those looking to travel

There are many things we can do to ensure we come back unscathed from our vacations.
22 August 2022, 15:30 PM

Hiking and Trekking in Bandarban

The greenery of Bandarban offers an ideal escape from the monotony of urban life and is suitable for hiking. Here are some places in Bandarban that should be on every hiker's bucket list.
3 August 2022, 12:02 PM

6 must-have street food to try in Thailand

Street food in Thailand is a prominent feature of any visit to Thailan, for both its variety, cost effectiveness and taste. The indigenous ingredients and relatively cheaper prices attract people from all around the world. During a recent trip to Thailand, I was fortunate to experience this for myself.
8 July 2022, 21:43 PM

Dancing in the storm

In the wake of a looming political and economic storm in Sri Lanka, I took a train to the country’s cultural Kandy, with the intention to learn its popular traditional dance form called Ves Natum. This quest for the silver lining landed me in Amunugama, an ancient village named after the celebrated family of dancers and drummers who once performed at the courts of the Kandyan kings.
8 July 2022, 21:39 PM

"Can't let tourists come to Thailand and say because it's cheap"

Thailand's hotels, businesses, and private hospitals should refrain from offering big discounts to lure tourists and focus instead on raising the country's value as a premium travel destination, government ministers said on Monday (July 4).
4 July 2022, 15:15 PM

Travelling essentials: Ways to become a responsible tourist

Responsible tourism is all about making better places to live, and visit while letting nature thrive. These days, the terms responsible tourism, sustainable tourism, eco-tourism take centre stage of any discourse regarding travelling and tourism, and for good reasons. There is raising awareness, globally, about the adverse impacts travel can have on the nature, environment, places and people — especially through contributing to climate change, pollution, unsustainable pressure on wildlife and habitats, harming local economies, or even distortion of local customs, cultures and heritage.
16 June 2022, 09:24 AM

"Visa process being simplified to attract foreign tourists"

Work is underway to simplify the visa process to attract foreign tourists to Bangladesh, State Minister for Civil Aviation Md Mahbub Ali said today (June 2, 2022).
2 June 2022, 12:15 PM

Bangladesh, India share visions of connecting South, Southeast Asia

Foreign ministers of Bangladesh and India have shared a common vision of connecting South and Southeast Asia through regional projects of water, rail and roadways, as well as sharing of energy, tourism and telecommunication networks.
28 May 2022, 15:30 PM

Air travel, tourism, hospitality sectors expected to bounce back this year

Air travel, tourism and hospitality sectors are expected to turn around this year following immense losses due to Covid-19 pandemic over last two years.
28 May 2022, 14:35 PM

Most Kuakata hotels booked for Eid

Tourism business in Kuakata is expected to be booming during this Eid holiday as the most of the rooms in 130 residential hotels and motels have been booked already.
30 April 2022, 11:04 AM

Bangladeshis constitute 2nd highest number of foreigners visiting India during peak pandemic in 2020

India issued only one case of long-term visa for a minority community from Bangladesh between April 1 and December 31, 2020 against 3,014 and 217 such visas for minority communities from Pakistan and Afghanistan respectively, according to the annual report of the country’s federal Home Ministry.
27 April 2022, 13:24 PM

Thailand may scrap Test & Go to bring in more visitors

Thailand's government is considering scrapping the Test & Go entry scheme and Thailand Pass registration next week to attract more visitors and boost the tourism industry.
15 April 2022, 10:28 AM

Travelers arriving in droves at Bangkok airport as pre-flight RT-PCR test not needed

Since the requirement for pre-flight RT-PCR test to detect Covid-19 was lifted, the number of international arrivals at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi Airport has increased significantly.
7 April 2022, 09:44 AM

A noob’s guide to trekking in Bangladesh

The nature trails of Bangladesh have a lot to offer, be it to flora and fauna enthusiasts or those looking for a spiritual experience. The roar of cascading waterfalls after monsoons, and the chirping of rare and exotic birds in unadulterated terrain, have a way of calling back those who have had a taste of trekking.
1 December 2021, 09:05 AM

Local tourism in times of pandemic

The constant rise in cases and periodic lockdowns brought a kind of hiatus on Bangladesh’s tourism for more than a year. Fortunately, for the last two months or so, things started looking relatively better as number of cases started reducing and mass vaccination was underway.
3 October 2021, 11:59 AM

Nepal's tourism campaign mistakenly promotes Thai photo in London

Earlier this week, a series of posters promoting the upcoming ‘Visit Nepal 2020’ appeared in the Underground (Tube) stations in London.
9 July 2019, 05:29 AM

Ninh Binh: A place for all seasons in Vietnam

Ninh Binh is one of the most spectacular places on earth to visit.
26 May 2019, 04:30 AM

Mermaid Beach Resort charms foreign journalists

Bangladesh Tourism Board had invited 26 foreign journalists and tour operators from 10 countries to visit some of Bangladesh’s most at-tractive tourist destinations.
29 April 2019, 18:00 PM

Japan starts $9 departure tax for travellers

Japan on Monday started levying a 1,000 yen ($9.22) departure tax on each person leaving the country, a measure aimed at raising funds to further boost tourism.
7 January 2019, 09:16 AM

China green lights first underwater high-speed railway

China green lights a project to build the first underwater bullet train route, reports CNN.
29 November 2018, 09:08 AM