Although
there are lots of possibilities, Bangladesh is far behind in the tourism
industries. At present, it is very hard to pull foreign tourists at the desired
level. To solve this issue, the Government has planned to set up three special
tourist parks in Cox's Bazar district to promote this sector nationally and
internationally. These Specialized tourism areas will attracts huge number of
tourists and create new jobs opportunities. The three special tourist parks
are:
- SABRANG TOURISM PARK
- NAF TOURISM PARK (JALIARDWIP)
- SONADIA TOURISM PARK
Thousands
of tourists in Thailand are gets crowded in just 2 kilometers long sea beach. On
the other hand, the world's longest beach is the Cox's Bazar which has an
unbroken length of 120 km (75 mi). But the number of tourists in the Cox's
Bazar beach is comparatively little. Not just Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh has lots
of attractive tourist’s spots such as Sundorbon, Mountains across the country, Kuakata
sea beaches, Tea garden etc but tourism sector is still far behind in Bangladesh.
The main reason is being mismanagement, environment, fail to provide
international standard services etc.
To solve
this issues as per plan of the Bangladesh Government with and BEZA (Bangladesh Economic
Zone Authority) are working to set up three Special Tourist Zone to develop
tourism sector of the country and attract foreign tourists. Of these, the
Sabarang Tourism Park is being developed especially for foreign tourists with
advanced and world class services. Investment here can be 3 billion US Dollars
and employment facilities for at least 40 thousand people. And Naf and Sonadia
Tourism Park is being built for everyone.
SABRANG
TOURISM PARK:
It will be
the first exclusive tourism park in Cox’s Bazar with a total land area of approximately
1027 acres. The Purest air, Sea and lagoon, Lofty hills together in Sabrang are
exceptional and perfect for a special tourist’s attraction place. This place is
an amazing hill and sea beach territory, multifaceted diverse and admirably
beautiful with exclusive beach front.
- Location: Sabrang is in Teknaf upazila under Cox’s Bazar district.
- Road Connectivity: The place is five KM away from Teknaf town. Cox’s Bazar-Sabrang Marine Drive is the access road to the proposed Park which connects the National Highway (N1).
- Air Connectivity: Cox’s Bazar Airport is only 96 KM from the Park. It takes around one and half hour drive to the Park from the Airport.
- Port Connectivity: Teknaf Land Port is only nine KM away from this zone.
- Nearest River: Naaf River is only eight KM from the zone.
- Electricity: 10 MW Teknaf substation is located only seven KM away far and a new solar based power plant with a capacity of 20 MW has been proposed to build at Huyakong which is 20 km from the Sabrang Park.
- Telecommunication: Mobile connectivity is available here. Teknaf Telephone Exchange is only eight KM away from the zone. Fiber Optic Cable connection will be done by BTCL.
- Water Supply: Surface water is available around 3 KM areas of the zone. Four MLD water lines will be installed for drawing water from upstream of Sabrang.
- Tourism Industries: Eco-tourism, Hotel complexes, Business tourism, Recreational tourism, Sports and extreme tourism, Water tourism, Education & Health Tourism.
- The Sabrang Tourism Park is only half hour Sea cruise to St. Martin- a coral island.
NAF
TOURISM PARK (JALIARDWIP):
Naf
Tourism Park which planned to establish in total 271 acres of land will be the
first island based tourism park in Bangladesh. It has scenic Beauty with a hill
view on both Bangladesh and Myanmar (Burma). A cable car connection will be
constructed from Ne-Taung Hill to Naf Tourism Park which will be approximately
8.5 KM long.
- Location: The zone is located on an egg-shaped island raised in the middle of the Naaf River in Teknaf Upazilla under Cox’s Bazar district.
- Road Connectivity: Located beside the Teknaf - Cox’s Bazar highway.
- Air Connectivity: Only 90 KM away from the Cox’s Bazar airport.
- Port
Connectivity: The Teknaf Land Port is only 0.4 km from the proposed park.
- Tourism
attractions in
Naf Tourism Park: Theme cruise for St. Martin Coral Reef Island, 5-star hotel,
Restaurant, Honeymoon Park, Multi formatted Food Court & Themed Pavilions, Jungle,
jogging Tracks, Night Camps, Eco-Friendly Resorts Mini Golf Course, Light &
Sound Show, Entertainment zone, Infant Swimming Pool, Sky Bridge Oceanerium,
Water Sports Complex, Game Parlors, Birds Watch Tower, Harbor Bridge, Cable Car
Hanging, Hanging Bridge etc.
SONADIA TOURISM PARK:
The Sonadia
Eco-Tourism Park location is at Sonadia Island at Maheshkhali Upazila under
Cox’s Bazar district. Total approximate land
area is of this zone is 9467 acres. The land has already been adopted by BEZA
on March 27, 2017 from the district administration of Cox’s Bazar. The planned
tourism park in Sonadia will create a lot of FDI and employment opportunity.
- Location: Sonadia Island is about 9 Square KM (3.5 Square Mile), offshore of the Cox’s Bazaar coast. The place is only 3 KM from Cox’s Bazar via the Maheshkhali channel.
- Environment: The western side of the island is sandy and the northern part is green.
- Tourism Facilities: BEZA will develop this zone as environment friendly Eco-Tourism Park, where maximum 30% of land may use as a part of truism attraction. The proposed main attractions will be Hotels & Resorts, Hanging Restaurant, Children Park, Eco-Cottage, Swimming Pool, Fun Lake, Aqua Park, Water sport, Gulf, International standard Hospital, University and Schools.
- BEZA has already taken the initiative for feasibility study and Master Plan to set up Eco-tourism park in Sonadia Island.
- To build eco-tourism parks in Sonadia, BEZA has initially planned to use only 30% of the space so that there is no adverse impact on the natural environment.
- Local residents living illegally now have been cultivating fish by creating illegal ways, which are very dangerous for environment and biodiversity.
- To build the eco-tourism park various illegal constructions in the proposed area will stop.
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