Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister Muhammad Faruk Khan on Tuesday said the tourism sector contributed four per cent to the gross domestic product (GDP) and 1.78 per cent to employment generation.
“With the directive of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Bangladesh Parjatan Corporation was established in November 1972,” he told the house while replying to a question from treasury bench member AFM Bahauddin Nasim with Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury in the chair.
The minister said that Bangladesh Parjatan Corporation started its journey in January 1973 as an autonomous body, reports BSS.
It has been providing services to local and foreign tourists through publicity and publication on renowned tourist places of the country, he added.
Faruk informed that Bangladesh Parjatan Corporation established a total of 53 tourism-related structures including hotels, motels, resorts, restaurants, amusement parks, bars, picnic spots and duty-free shops in different areas of the country to attract tourists.
“All of these tourist structures were being operated by Bangladesh Parjatan Corporation with professionalism and they (tourist structures) contributed a lot to the tourism sector,” the minister added.
