Bangladesh is a land of great natural beauty, with a rich culture. Its tourism industry is one of its greatest motivators for social and economic development - but it does not always climb to the heights of success that one might expect. This book is one of the first to explore tourism in Bangladesh in scholarly detail, examining driving factors behind the growth of the industry, as well as challenges it needs to overcome. It provides recommendations for policy makers, as well as a rich tapestry of scholarly work for researchers interested in Bangladesh, tourism management, and the study of developing economies.

This edited volume uniquely explores the extensive themes and frameworks of tourism development and investment in Bangladesh. The book focuses on outlining the present investment and development scenario of Bangladesh in order to suggest some solutions to current issues. Considering that Bangladesh has a population of over 170 million, the country possesses an abundance of possibilities for tourism. In recent years, Bangladesh has experienced steady growth in its economy and socio-cultural developments. Currently, there is very limited knowledge of or research into tourism in Bangladesh, even though it is a multifaceted and fast-growing industry. This book makes an important contribution to representing and exploring diverse aspects of tourism in Bangladesh for local and international benefit. This book provides insights into the stronghold of a social class having the ability to spend for tourism and leisure activities, which has prompted the country to pay further attention to the development of its tourism industry. This book emphasizes that the importance of tourism is undeniably on a continuous rise in Bangladesh, which in turn deserves the appropriate attention from academic research.

Bangladesh is a land of great natural beauty, with a rich culture. Its tourism industry is one of its greatest motivators for social and economic development - but it does not always climb to the heights of success that one might expect. This book is one of the first to explore tourism in Bangladesh in scholarly detail, examining driving factors behind the growth of the industry, as well as challenges it needs to overcome. It provides recommendations for policy makers, as well as a rich tapestry of scholarly work for researchers interested in Bangladesh, tourism management, and the study of developing economies.

Sustainable can be determine as, "development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability to meet the needs of future generations to meet their own. Sustainable development has to be ecological, economical, cultural and environmental consideration. In recent years the economic contribution from tourism export is satisfactory and it is increasing year to year, which is a positive trend for sustainable economic development of tourism sector of Bangladesh tourism industry with its enormous potentials is striving to reach at a satisfactory level in order to play the expected role in the economy of the country. As a major sector of the services economy, tourism is increasingly recognized as giving economic and social advancement for Bangladesh to reduce unemployment through creating jobs in this sector directly and indirectly. Tourist exports or currency spent of tourists from foreign counties to Bangladesh can be the main cash cow of immediate benefaction for this country. Tourism is naturally contributing to rural and remote area, especially in economically depressed remote and rural location, where maximum poor are living. The earnings from tourism exports in Bangladesh were BDT 15.4bn in 2014. The number of tourist forecaster to 23.9bn in 2027 with country ranking 12th in real growth, which will be generated BDT 25.64bn. The highest value of tourist exports over the last 10 years was 0.73% of total export in 2005. The direct contribution to GDP was 2.2% of total GDP in 2016 and the country ranking was 21st in total contribution. Capital investment scenario is optimistic which was 72.5bn in 2016. It is foretasted to raise by 9.5% over the next 10 years and amount will be BDT 201.8bn in 2027, which estimated 1st position in world ranking in real growth with 13.9% market share and 3rd position in long term growth with 9.3% market share. Tourism and travel created 1,568,000 jobs directly in 2016. It is foretasted that tourism and travel will increase of 0.6% jobs per Annam and number rise to 1,138,000 jobs at the end of the year in 2027 with country ranking of 99th in totality. For Economic Sustainability recourses should be managed to contribute forth coming generation.

Tourism is often a key driver of economic growth in many countries. The recent upward trends of tourism and hospitality education in higher academic institutions in Bangladesh suggests a growing tourism sector. Very little has been written on Bangladesh’s tourism industry. This is the first edited volume published from an international publisher which looks at this industry and how it has developed and flourished. The book begins by looking at tourism policy planning and provides a comprehensive overview of topics from tourism products and services in Bangladesh to how they are being marketed. It also discusses how private and public tourism institutions can address future long term trends. This book will appeal to those interested to learn more about developing tourism industry in emerging economies and may provide invaluable lessons from Bangladesh’s experience and success.

This book offers a meticulous overview of the future of tourism in Asian countries. This book provides new dimensions to the tourism research and tourism industry as it is concerned with the future vision of tourism in Asia. The main purpose of the book is to envision the outcomes both positive and negative from the tourism industry to prepare our future generations. This book expands on the concept that tourism is not sedentary and is ever changing rapidly. A unique feature of the book is that it brings into limelight the unexplored places of Asia as well as a growth of low-cost tourism in Asia This book discusses how Asia can enjoy the competitive advantage in future. Also, whether the future outlook is bright or dark for the tourism sector in the Asia region. This book highlights the unexplored themes of tourism in Asia such as Over-tourism, Sports Tourism, Baby Boomers and Seenger Tourism, Literary Tourism, Experiential Tourism, Psychographic Segmentation of Future Tourists. The chapters have been authored by experts in their respective fields. This book allows readers to explore how different Asian countries might best serve tourism products in the future.

This book is divided into five sections: the conceptual origins of the TALC, spatial relationships and the TALC, alternative conceptual approaches, renewing or retiring with the TALC, and predicting with the TALC. It concludes with a review of the future potential of the model in the area of the destination development process.