#INTRODUCTION
Tourism worldwide including Bangladesh is an expanding sector. It provides a significant foreign exchange and employment to our country. Though its poor-country status, increasing numbers of tourists have visited Bangladesh, It is a new but minor source of foreign exchange earning. Tourism in the early 1990s amounted to some 49,000 visitors per year, but by 2006more than 129,000 tourists, mostly Come from India, the United States, Britain and Japan Who visited Bangladesh.
# OUTLINE
INTRODUCTION
OVERVIEW OF TOURIST PLACES
PROSPECTS
PROBLEMS
MARKETING ACTIVITIES
SWOT ANALYSIS
CONCLUSION & RECOMMENDATIONS
REFERENCES
#OVERVIEW OF TOURISM PLACES IN COMILLA
Comilla District (Chittagong division) with an area of 3085.17 sq km, is bounded by Brammanbaria and Narayan Ganj districts on the north, Noakhali and Feni districts on the south, Tripura (state of India) on the east, Munshi Ganj and Chandpur districts on the west. In the suburb there exists the Commonwealth War Cemetery Memorials,bangladesh academy for rural development(BARD), Mainamati Museum, Shalvan Vihar.
COMILLA BIRD
BARD (Bangladesh Academy for Rural Development)
This is one of the main attractions in Comilla. This is one of the richest academic institutions for conducting research and action research; execute projects and pilot experimentation and imparting training in the diversified areas of rural development. Besides academic excellence, the beautiful gardens and planned plantations of various trees are really enjoyable. BARD has excellent accommodation facilities for over 250 persons and its cafeteria provides quality foods.
Buddis Bhihar
This site previously called salban rajar bari came out after archaeological excavation asa Buddhist monastery and hence termed as salban vihar From terracotta seals.It is a beautiful place to visit.
SALBAN
Salban almost in the middle of the Mainarnati-Lalmai hill range consists of 115 cells, built around a spacious courtyard with cruciform temple in the centre facing its only gateway complex to the north resembling that of the Paharpur Monastery.
Moinamoti museum
Moinamoti museum – where you will find the historical things found in Lalmai & Moinamoti of 7th & 8th centuries. The Mainamati site Museum has a rich and varied collection of copper plates, gold and silver coins and 86 bronze objects. Over 150 bronze statues have been recovered mostly from the monastic cells, bronze stupas, stone sculptures and hundreds of terracotta plaques each measuring on an average of 9" high and 8" to 12" wide. Mainamati is only 114 km.
War Cemetery
Second World War warrior's graveyards are in this Cemetery. These graves in this graveyard of the great warriors who died in world war from1939 to 1945 in Comilla areas. In this well-preserved cemetery at a quiet and picturesque place within the city lie buried ineternal peace over 400 soldiers from British, India, Japan, Myanmar, who laid down their lives on the Myanmar front during the World War II. Every year a number of tourists come here to visit this Cemetery .
Prospects :
* Bangladesh govt. earn a lot of foreign currency by these tourist places.
*Every day many tourist from outside place of comilla and from abroad visit these tourist places of Comilla.
*Good quality resturent & residential hotel,resort are available near these places.
*Security system of these tourist places are so strictly controled.
problems :
*There is so much traffic jamm on the way to comilla.
*The highway from sylhet to comilla is very rough with many whole in the middle of the road and many damage bridges.
*Road accident happens usually daily on way to comilla road for reckless driving of drivers.
*There has been a lack of funds and technical expertise. The little seed money that the Bangladesh Tourism Fund has been established with can pump prime the initial take-off, with publication of promotional materials and familiarization tours.
*Lack of transport links (air, sea transport connecting major tourist destinations).
Marketing activities
product
product
*The tourist places at comilla individually itself a product.
*We can able to know the history of our country by visiting these historical places of comilla.
*We can see copper plates, gold and silver coins ,bronze objects,bronze stupas, stone sculptures by visiting museum .
Price
*Bus fair (Dhaka to Comilla)-130 Taka (non A/C),200 Taka (A/C).
*CNG fair (comilla to war cemetery)-Taka 50.
*CNG fair (comilla to buddis bihar,salbon,museum)-100 Taka.
*Food in any good resturent 120 taka minium for one person.
*Cost for visit Museum 20 taka per ticket,30 taka for buddis bihar.To visit salbon,war cemetery,Comilla BIRD is free.
*To stay in any Hotel price taka300 for single room &600 for double room.
Promotion
*We can usually see many advertise in tv channels,radio,billboard about these tourist places.
*In newspaper we see some offer to visit tourist places of comilla at chief price.
Place
*War cemetery ,
*Buddis bihar,
*Comilla BIRD,
*Moinamoti Museum &
*Salbon.
Strengths
*Comilla’s tourism places are very famous & nice places to spend free time.
*The transport of Comilla is very well. The highways to visit comilla is so wide.
*Available good trasport,like bus,car etc.
*The security system of these tourist place of comilla are very good.
*There are enough high quality residential hotels,resturents,resort are in comilla near tourist places.
*There are many shopping mall in comilla.
Weakness
*There is so much traffic jamm to go Comilla.
*The museum indoor is not well decorated.
*The government can’t take any steps at present to develop these places.
*Low involvement of local people in tourism .
Opportunity
*Many of the overseas investors in readymade garments, leather goods, natural gas and petroleum sector and liberal policy for joint venture Who does want investment in Comilla tourism sector.
*Government has formulated favorable foreign investment policy to attract Comilla and its tourism spot.
*This spot possesses enough opportunity to develop these types of tourism.
Threats
*Unstable political situation created a bad image , which should be taken as the biggest threat for development of tourism industry in Comilla
*Traffic jam in comilla is a big problem .
*Tourists' dissatisfaction after visiting this place.
*No government big budget for to develop these tourist places of comilla.
Conclusion & recommendations:
Bangladesh has a large number of tourist spot in its area. All of them have individual attraction . As a tourist spot Comilla has the ability to introduce Bangladesh with the people around the world. Bangladesh can promote its position through the proper utilization of tourism industry by these spot. Thus the overall condition can be improved by proper utilization of tourism sector in Comilla.so Bangladesh government should need to take positive steps to develop tourist places of comilla.