Three-day tourism fair kicks off in Sylhet

A three-day international tourism fair—Sylhet Travel Mart—started in Sylhet yesterday.

Iqbal Sobhan Chowdhury, information affairs adviser to the prime minister, inaugurated the fair at Rose View Hotel.

Aparup Chowdhury, chairman of Bangladesh Parjatan Corporation, and Kazi Wahidul Alam, editor of the Bangladesh Monitor, were also present.

Some 18 organisations, including airlines, tour operators, hotels, resorts, amusement parks and organisations providing tourism related services, are exhibiting their products and services in the fair.

Exhibitors, including US-Bangla Airlines, Long Beach Hotel, Rose View Hotel, Ocean Paradise Hotel, Sea Shell Hotel, and Jinghua Bangla Tours, are offering special discounts on different services at the fair, which will remain open from 11am to 8pm. 

Bangladesh Monitor, a travel publication, has organised the event for the second time in association with the Airlines Club of Sylhet, according to a statement of the publication.