Tourism festival begin 30 january in Bangladesh

A month-long tourism festival is going to be kicked off on January 30, aiming to promote the country's tourism industry during the 11th South Asian Games to be held in Bangladesh. 'We're going to organise the tourism fair at the Public Library coinciding with the South Asian Games,' Bangladesh Parjatan Corporation chairman Hemayet Uddin Talukder told reporters at a press briefing Sunday. The South Asian Games is scheduled to start on January 29 and conclude February 9. The games will be held at 23 venues across the country. As part of the month-long fair, the BPC will arrange various events, including photo exhibition featuring tourism sites, food festival, fashion show and concert. Besides, various tourism organisations will also organise different attractive events like sand-sculpture, beach- football and seafood contest. Terming the festival is a great opportunity for depicting the country's tourism spots, tourism secretary Shafiq Alam Mehedi said the festival will also help send out a message to tourists that Bangladesh is blessed with many attractive tourism sites among the south Asian countries.