Travellers seek more responsible, effective acts from the authorities

The issue of ensuring travellers security has surfaced once again after attack on some tourists by the volunteers who worked for the authorities. Not only security reason, but travellers also disturbed as they are not getting expected service spending a handsome amount of money. For this reason, many people are travelling abroad. 

One such tourist, Minhajul Islam, said:"We can visit other countries if we are ready to spend just a little more amount of money that costs to travel within the country. Many people like me are interested in visiting foreign countries as the expense of travelling inside is comparatively higher.Moreover, the security issues are also concerning here."

Ismat Srijani said:"The expense of visiting our tourist spots are organizedly expensive. The transportation costs, hotel fees, food bills and costs to avail all types of amusement are much higher than the usual. And that became higher in an intolerable level when vacation comes." 

According to a survey of Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, a total of 12.77 percent of travellers are visiting different foreign countries as they have a lot of concerning issues relating local tourism system. 

The tourism sector has been contributing 77,000 crore to our economy which is 3.2 percent of the total GDP. 

Travellers have called upon the authorities concerned to take effective and responsible steps in order to enhance it further.