National
Tourism Policy
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National Tourism Policy was declared in 1992.
Its main objectives are: |
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In
line with the policy, the Government provides
incentives to attract private sector partners.
The incentives include tax-holiday, loans, concession
rates for taxes and duties and in specific cases,
allotment of land etc. |
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Development
Program
Strategic
Master Plan for Tourism
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A
strategic Master Plan for Tourism Development
was prepared by UNDP/ WTO in 1990. It is being
updated by WTO. Besides, the Government has
taken steps to establish, Special Tourist Zones
(STZ) at Cox's Bazar, Sundarbans and Kuakata.
In the meantime a primary field survey has been
conducted for Kuakata . The Government has taken
initiative to exploit the eco-tourism potential
of the country for sustainable tourism development.
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Tourist
Arrivals
Foreign tourist arrivals in
Bangladesh has been showing an upward trend
in the recent years. Total tourist arrival was
more than two hundred thousand in 2001. Statistics
of the last five years are presented below:
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Year
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Tourist
Arrivals
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Change
%
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1997
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182420
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9.97
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1998
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171961
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- 5.73
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1999
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172781
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0.48
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2000
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199211
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15.30
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2001
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207199
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4.01
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Financial
Performance
NTO has been a self-financed
profitable organization since 1983-84 Financial
year. The table below shows the financial performance
for the last ten financial years:
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Year
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Total
Income
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Total
Expenditure
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Taka
in lakh
Pretax Profit/Loss
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1990-1991
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5079.70
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4852.92
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226.78
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1991-1992
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4254.31
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3970.49
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283.82
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1992-1993
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4673.83
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4289.36
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384.47
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1993-1994
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4385.17
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4005.01
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380.16
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1994-1995
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4859.37
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4378.21
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481.16
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1995-1996
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2455.51
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2218.84
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236.67
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1996-1997
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3768.76
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3538.49
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230.27
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1997-1998
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4541.87
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4304.26
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237.61
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1998-1999
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3776.49
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3592.59
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183.90
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1999-2000
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3829.00
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3528.97
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300.03
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2000-2001
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3187.14
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201.12
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