Challenges for developing tourism satellite account in bangladesh.  

Oleh:

Rahman, Matiur

Jenis: Article from Proceeding
Dalam koleksi: SIBR-Thammasat 2014 Conference on Interdisciplinary Business & Economics Research June 5th- 7th, 2014 di Emerald Hotel Bangkok, page 1-17.
Topik: Challenges; Characteristic product; Connected Product; Advisory Committee; I-0 Technique
Fulltext: b14-060.pdf (258.01KB)

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This paper aims at providing a brief profile of tourism scenarios existing in Bangladesh. It is also attempted to identify the loopholes and shortcomings prevailing in various dimensions and directions of truism industry in Bangladesh. With the admittance that tourism data are fragmented and scattered all over, some specific problems exist in Bangladesh. Several constructive recommendations are put forth for better Operations Management in the tourism sectors of Bangladesh so that challenges faced can be tackled well. The paper is based on findings obtained from survey on selected tourism activities in Bangladesh conducted for constructing Pilot Tourism Satellite Account (TSA) for Bangladesh Economy. Although every form of tourism keeps contribution to the enlargement of economic activities, Inbound and Outbound tourism appear to be more contributing sectors compared to Domestic Tourism in Bangladesh. Total demand of both Characteristic and Connected Products are quite high in Bangladesh. While total tourism sector contributes 1.79% to GDP directly, direct and indirect combined contribution as obtained from Input-Output technique is 1.89%. Direct and indirect contribution of Tourism to job creation is still more and it is 4.09% of total jobs. Simple statistical tools have been used to reflect the tourism scenarios in Bangladesh. Strategic directions and organizational reforms for amassing scattered data on tourism are of paramount importance for Bangladesh. Concert actions through forming integrated Networking system for collecting tourism data on a regular basis will facilitate pathways to provide more insightful estimates of tourism contribution to the national economy.

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