Bangabandhu dreamt of Cox's Bazar as global recreation hub

Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister Rashed Khan Menon yesterday said Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman dreamt to turn the country's tourism capital Cox's Bazar into a global recreation centre to hold major international summits round the year.

"After the Mass Upsurge of 1969, Bangabandhu told me, 'I will make Bangladesh independent someday and turn Cox's Bazar into an international recreation hub like Switzerland'," Menon told a programme on tourism at the capital's Hotel Abakash.

The programme was titled "Photo Sharing and Review Contest of Women Travellers in Bangladesh".

Menon said the government was working to encourage adventure tourism as well as water sports in Cox's Bazar, the world's largest sea beach, to promote it.

Tourism could be the second largest foreign currency earner of the country after ready-made garment, he noted.

The minister handed over certificates to 10 winning female travellers for their exciting photographs of different tourist spots.