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Eco-tourism
is a new concept in the country though it has developed in the last
15 years in different countries of the world. The marketing of eco-tourism
in the world today has reached maximum sophistication and supply
of goods and services has exceeded than its present demand. Now
a day more and more people want to spend leisure time for nature,
so it is an important window of the hospitality Industry. The eco-tourism
creates opportunities in areas having unique features or attributes
in natural scenic beauty, wildlife and wilderness. Local communities
have maximum opportunities to be benefited from the eco-tourism,
which shall generate income for them that shall also help to conserve
the nature. So it is believed that eco-tourism is a sustainable
hospitality industry that shall benefit the nature and the community
as well.
By and large Bangladesh has tremendous potentialities of development of eco-tourism opportunities in the country, as there are numerous sites for the same. Some are mentioned below. |
| National Botanical Garden, Dhaka | |||
| Location and accessibility | It is situated at Mirpur, about 16 km NW of Dhaka and accessible by road. | ||
| Area : | 84 hectare | ||
| Established : | 1961 | ||
| Existing facilities : | The
garden is well planned and provides learning and recreational facilities
adjacent to the Zoo. It is divided into 57 sections, and is managed
by Forest Department under Ministry of Environment and Forests,
Government of Bangladesh.
The garden houses about 56,000 individual of trees, herbs, and shrubs including huge collection of aquatic plants. Many exotic plants have been introduced in the garden and are routinely propagated under the local climatic conditions. Rare and exotic plants of 60 species are found in the garden include Anthurium (Anthurium crystallinum), Camphor (Cinamomum camphora), Rabbit Fern (Davallia canariensis), Dambia (Dombeya spectabilis), white 'Rangan' (Ixora superba), little Mussanda (Mussaenda luteola), Amazon Lily (Victoria amazonica), 'Harhjora' (Vitis quadrangularis), African Tulip (Spathodea campanulata), Sambucuas (Sambucus nigra), white 'Chandan' (Santalum album), etc. A modern vegetative propagation arrangement and a tissue culture laboratory have been established in the garden for propagation of rare species. Initially, tissue culture of orchids and other rare species have been adopted. Besides, a huge rose garden, criss-crossing lake, watch deck, artificial water fall, bridge over the lake and above all the thousands of migratory birds in winter are the main attractions of the National Botanical Garden. |
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