Tourism sector contributes 4pc in GDP: Minister

Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister Muhammad Faruk Khan has said the tourism sector contributes four percent in the gross domestic product (GDP) and 1.78 percent in employment generation.

The minister told the House while replying to a question from treasury bench member AFM Bahauddin Nasim with Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury in the chair on Tuesday.

“With the directive of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Bangladesh Parjatan Corporation was established in November 1972,” he said.

The minister said that Bangladesh Parjatan Corporation started its journey from January 1973 as an autonomous body.

It has been providing services to local and foreign tourists through publicity and publication on renowned tourist places of the country, he added.

Faruk Khan informed that Bangladesh Parjatan Corporation established a total of 53 tourism related structures including hotels, motels, resorts, restaurants amusement parks bars, picnic spots and duty free shops in different areas of the country to attract tourists.