Bangladesh is not a tourist-friendly destination, with inadequate infrastructure and bureaucratic complexities serving as significant obstacles to the development of tourism in the country
A few years ago, when travel enthusiast Meer Raihan Masud visited India, he rented a sedan for three days to travel from Shimla to Manali and then explore various sights in Manali.
The cost was Rs8,000, which was approximately equivalent to Tk11,000 at that time. But when he hired the same car just for a one-day trip from Dhaka to Barishal, it amounted to Tk10,000.
Again, once during his stay in Kolkata, he lodged in a moderately priced hotel in South Kolkata for Rs 1,000 per night. A similar standard hotel in Dhaka would cost him at least Tk 3,000.
Apparently, everything is way cheaper for tourists in India than in Bangladesh. But the most significant contrast, according to him, lies in the behaviour of the people.
“When I went to Meghalaya in 2018, the driver offered to let…