Bangladesh govt to make Panam city as attractive tourist spot

Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister Rashed Khan Menon on Thursday said the government has taken a mega project to turn Panam city of Sonargaon, the capital of ancient Bengal, into an attractive tourist spot.

“Considering ancient value, the Panam city is an important tourist product of Bangladesh. But only for marketing failure and lack of tourism friendly infrastructure, we failed to utilize potentiality of Panam city,” he said.

The minister made the remarks when exchanging views with the officials of local administration after visiting the Panam city at Sonargaon.

The minister said the government has taken the plan to turn the Panam city as important tourist spot targeting the “Tourism Year” to be observed in 2016.

He urged local people’s representatives and local administration to cooperate in implementing the government’s plan centering the Panam city.

Menon also described various programmes, taken by the present government to build the country’s tourism industry as thrust sector.

Presently there are 600-year-old 52 storied buildings are standing face to face in the Panam city attracting more than eight lakh foreign and domestic tourists every year. Civil Aviation and Tourism Secretary Khorshed Alam Chowdhury, director general of Sonargaon Lok and Karu Shilpa Foundation Poet Rabindragope and Naraynganj Deputy District Commissioner Anisur Rahman were present during the meeting. (Source: BSS)