A three-day tourism fair, Chittagong Travel Mart - 2012, begins in the port city tomorrow.
Bangladesh Monitor, a fortnightly magazine, and Bangladesh Tourism Board (BTB) are jointly organising the fair at the Peninsula Chittagong Hotel, according to a statement of the magazine yesterday.
Faruk Khan, civil aviation and tourism minister, is scheduled to inaugurate the fair in presence of Mosharraf Hossain, chairman of the parliamentary standing committee on the civil aviation ministry, and WA Sarath K Weragoda, Sri Lankan high commissioner in Bangladesh.
Different airlines, tour operators, hotels, motels and various other travel related service providers are likely to take part in the show with special offers of discounted fares and packages at home and abroad during the fair. People can visit the fair from 10am to 8pm everyday for free.
On the sidelines of the fair, Bangladesh Monitor in association with Chittagong Chamber of Commerce and Industry and BTB will also organise a roundtable conference at the chamber premises.
Raquib Siddiqi, chief editor of Bangladesh Monitor, will present a keynote paper on the "Prospect of Chittagong becoming regional tourism hub and how to achieve it” in the conference.