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Tourism Places in Bangladesh: Bangladesh has lot of natural beauty. Every year a good number of tourists come in this country and enjoy the beauty. The tourism industry is a promising industry of the country. The amount of revenue from this industry is increasing day by day. As the future of this industry is very bright, the authority should take proper initiative to help this industry to flourish. After the independent war of 1971, the whole world started to know Bangladesh for negative incidents like natural calamities, flood, epidemic etc which ultimately affected the international tourists flow in Bangladesh. But according to Bangladesh Porjoton Corporation the trend appeared to continue from the year of 1987. Bangladesh has so many beautiful places which are able to attract the tourists from outside the country. Name Tourism Places in Bangladesh:

1. Sea Beach: Bangladesh has the world longest 120 km unbroken sea beach sloping here down to the blue water of the Bay of Bengal in Cox’s Bazaar. Such a longest sea beach covering miles of golden sands, soaring cliffs, surfing waves, rare conch shells, Buddhist Temples, Pagodas and enjoyable sea-food all of these make Cox’s Bazaar today, the tourist capital of Bangladesh which is almost impossible to be found in anywhere of the other tourist destination of the world. The warm shark free water is most suited for bathing and swimming along with the opportunities for sun- bathing offered by the sandy beaches. In addition to that the tourists can enjoy the charming beauty of the sun-setting behind the waves of the sea. Its uniqueness also lies in the natural beauty having an uninterrupted smooth-sandy sea shore along with silvery waves and high tides on the one side and a chain of green deep forested hills, artful pagodas, colorful tribal people, etc. running parallel to the beach and making a picturesque background on the back side. All these appeals made Cox’s Bazaar as one of the most attractive tourist spots in the world.

2. Sundarban: The world’s largest mangrove forests are formed at the delta of the Ganges, Brahmaputra and Meghan rivers on the Bay of Bengal. Total area of the entire Sundarbans is about one million ha, 60% of which is found in Bangladesh and the rest in India. This mangrove forest is a cluster of islands with an approximate area of 6216 Sq. kms within the Bangladesh territory and further extended to the south-west in the Indian Territory which includes as area of 4800 sq kms. The Sundarbans - the home of world famous Royal Bengal tiger inhabited by varieties of beautiful trees and is crises-crossed by a network of rivers and creeks. It is named as Sundarban due to the Sundari tree is a common species of this forest. Considering the exceptional natural value of Sundarban mangrove forest, the World Heritage committee of UNESCO acknowledged the Sundarban of Bangladesh in the World Heritage list by their 21st session in 1997 and Bangladesh government declared the Sundarban as World Heritage Site in 1999 that it offers fabulous opportunities for tourism.

3.Mainamati: The low hills known as Mainamati Lalmai ridge -a wide-ranging centre of Buddhist culture which is located about 114 km south-east of Dhaka and 8 km to the west of Comilla town. The remnants of the enormous Buddhist stupas and monastery disclose the information of previous glorious history Buddhist civilization of the 8th to 12th centuries A.D. of this region. A site museum housed the archaeological finds which include terracotta plaques, bronze statues and casket, coins, jewellery, utensils pottery and votive stupas stamped with Buddhist inscription. All these have made Mainamati renowned and capable to attract the tourists.

4. Paharpur: The largest Buddhist seat of learning located at Rajshahi. The most important and the largest known monastery, help to recollect the glorious past of the then Bengal under the Pala dynasty of 8th century A.D. and had been declared as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. Bangladesh Parjatan Corporation makes the arrangements of package tours for the interested tourists to visit Bangladesh.

5. Mahasthangarh: The oldest archaeological site of Bangladesh situated at a distance of 18 km to the North Bogra town and is famous for its size and height of the tower and pavilion. There are several isolated mounds which are locally well- known as Govinda Bhita Temple, Khodai Pathar Mound, Mankalir Kunda, Parsuramer Bedi; Jiyat Kunda etc. surround the fortified city. It is an archaeological site of the 3rd century B.C. and till today held to be of immense holiness by the Hindus. It is also to be mentioned here that the shrine of Shah Sultan Bulkhi Mahisawary and Gokul Medh in the neighbourhood of Mahasthangarh.

6.Sitakunda: One of the oldest temples in the Indian subcontinent which is famous for Chandranath Hindu Temple and is located about 37 km far away from Chittagong, the 2nd largest city of Bangladesh. In addition to that in Sitakunda, there is also Buddhist Temple with a footprint of Lord Buddha and the places are considered as very scared by the Hindus and Buddhist and attractive for both the local and foreign tourists.

Conclusion: Bangladesh is a developing country. Along with so many problems it has many opportunities to capitalize. The tourism sector is one of the most promising sectors of Bangladesh. The amount of revenue from this sector is increasing every year. Bangladesh has many beautiful places to visit