Connecting Bangladesh to the world

The three-day Bangladesh International Travel and Tourism Expo (BITTE) will start from December 1 to boost the country's tourism industry.

The expo organiser -- Association of Travel Agents of Bangladesh (ATAB) -- held a press conference in this regard at a Dhaka hotel yesterday.

SM Manzur Murshed Mahbub, president of ATAB, and Kamrul Islam, general manager, Public Relations at US-Bangla Airlines, spoke at the event.

Country's new private airlines Air Astra will be the title sponsor of this year's expo. Imran Asif, chief executive officer of the airlines, was also present. Representatives of 15 foreign countries will participate in the event.