<i>Tourism has scope for development</i>
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Bangladesh is one of the smallest countries in South Asia which has a delicate and distinctive tourist attraction of its own to offer. It is a land of enormous beauty, hundreds of rivers and lakes surrounded by evergreen hills, tropical rain forests and beautiful cascades of green tea gardens, world's heritage, Home of the Royal Bengal Tiger and the wild lives, world's longest natural sea beach, rich cultural heritage, relics of ancient Buddist civilization and colourful tribal life. Much of the country has been relatively untouched by modern technology and development; for these reasons foreigners find the rich flora and fauna and colourful tribal life so enchanting. Some of the better known tourist attractions are Sylhet for the tea gardens, Madhabkundo, Jaflong and Tamabil; Mainamati, Mahastangarh, Paharpur for archaeology; the Hill Tracts for the colourful tribes, the tribal museum in Rangamati, the hanging bridge, Kaptai lake for the country's only hydro electric station and Buddist temple, Cox's Bazar for sight seeing of Maheskhali, Sonadia Island, St. Martin's Island, and the Sundarbans for the Royal Bengal tiger and varieties of trees. As it is the era of tourism, many countries in the world have changed their economic feature by developing tourism sector. Malaysia is a very good example in this aspect. Bangladesh in definitely not a tourist haunt like Nepal or India, but the natural beauty of Bangladesh is a great factor in the contest. So the concerned authorities should concentrate on this issue.
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