Tourism sector thrives in Khagrachhari

Khagrachhari district administration sources said all the hotels, motels, resorts, rest houses, guest houses and circuit houses remained booked for the last 15 days and it would continue till next week. As per the statistics given by hotel owners to police, around one lakh tourists visited different tourist spots in nine upazila of the district, according to the sources. People related to tourism business are happy after pocketing a huge profit from the business. Ananta Bikash Tripura, general secretary of Khagrachhari Hotel Owners Association, said they were happy, as they had got tourists three times higher than last year. SM Shafi, general secretary of Khagrachhari Bus Owners Association, said Khagrachhari had seen a record number of tourists this year. “We had provided around 60-buses in Khagrachhari-Chittagong and Khagrachhari-Dhaka routes every single day for the last 15 days and it will continue for the next couple of days,” Shafi added. Liyakat Ali Chowdhury, president of Khagrachhari Bazar Babosayee Samity, said they had done a great business this year. Shamim Ahmed Khan of Dhaka, Mahabub Alam of Hathazari in Chittagong, and Hasina Banu of Kashinathpur in Pabna said Khagrachhari is a place of natural beauty and living in a pollution free natural environment was a great experience for them. Superintendent of Police Md Abdul Majid said they had given all out efforts to ensure the tourists’ safety during last two weeks and it would continue.