A Prothom Alo investigation finds that most of the hotels and motels of the tourism corporation are located in attractive places. Their security is also good. Despite this, the lack of professionalism of the officials, mismanagement, irregularities, corruption, nepotism and bureaucracy are the reasons the tourists do not go there.
There are 51 hotels, motels, restaurants and bars under the Bangladesh Parjatan Corporation. Of those, the corporation operates 35 units while 16 have been leased out. They had to count a loss of Tk 100 million on average as of the last fiscal year (2022-23).
A report by the Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism says 33 out of 35 commercial hubs failed to meet revenue targets.