Regional cooperation for tourism
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In the present competitive global market trend, regional and sub-regional co-operation is essential for sustainable growth. In Asia, there exist at least 4-5 regional and sub-regional co-operations for the promotion of tourism, among which Bangladesh is a member country. Some of those are Asia Cooperation Dialogue (ACD), Bay of Bengal of Initiative for Multi-sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC), South Asia Sub-regional Economic Cooperation (SASEC), South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), Asia Productivity Organization (APO). The objectives of all these co-operations are to pursue common goals that are regional development, employment generation and poverty reduction through co-operation of various issues. Tourism is one of those issues. But the progress is very tardy of these cooperation due to various reasons and fund constraints. Different meetings and seminars on tourism of these forums determined to promote South Asia as a single tourist destination. For having an effective result, there needs a strong co-operation and political will of the member countries.
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