Tourism edn to help create jobs: Minister

Staff Correspondent, Ctg
Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister GM Quader said on Sunday that tourism education will play a significant role to create jobs in tourism sector and reduce poverty in the country. The education will give proper guidelines to overcome the lacks in the sector, he said, while addressing a seminar “Importance of tourism education to expand the tourism industry” at a hotel of the port city, organised by Southern University Bangladesh (SUB). Tourism Secretary Dr Gowranga Chandra Mohant, SUB pro-vice chancellor Dr Sharifujjaman, and treasurer Sarwarjahan attended the event with SUB VC Mohammad Ali in the chair. Convener of the tourism and hotel management department of the SUB, Ali Ikram Romi, presented the keynote paper at the seminar.