Tourism fair kicks off in city

A three-day international tourism fair began in the capital's Sonargaon hotel yesterday.

About 50 organisations, including tourism companies, airlines, tour operators, hotels, resorts and healthcare service providers from home and abroad, are taking part in the fair.

Participants are offering special discounts on airfares, tour packages and other tourism products and services.

Rashed Khan Menon, civil aviation and tourism minister, inaugurated the show. The Bangladesh Monitor, a leading travel and tourism publication, organised the fourteenth edition of the travel mart in association with private carrier US-Bangla Airlines and national carrier Biman. 

Kazi Wahidul Alam, editor of the Bangladesh Monitor; Aparup Chowdhury, chairman of Bangladesh Parjatan Corporation; AM Mosaddique Ahmed, managing director of Biman; and Imran Asif, CEO of US-Bangla Airlines, were present at the inauguration.

On the sidelines of the fair, a roundtable on 'emergence of halal tourism' will be held tomorrow. Experts from Malaysia, Thailand and Bangladesh will take part in the discussion, said the organiser. The fair is open to visitors from 10am to 8pm with an entry fee of Tk 30.