Bangladesh’s tourism sector sees no progress in 50 years

Negligible employment of womenOne of the main objectives of BPC and BTB is to enhance the participation of women in tourism sector to ensure their financial capabilities and empowerment. No headway was made in this end.This was revealed at a survey report of BBS titled ‘Tourism Satellite Account 2020′.As per the survey based on 2018-19 fiscal year, a total of 127,078 manpower works in hotels, motels and restaurants in tourist spots. Of them, 113,000 are regular workers and around 14,000 are part-time.