Contribution to GDP
Tourism’s contribution to the gross domestic product (GDP) is estimated at 3.02 per cent by the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS). this amounts to tk 76,690.7 crore. The sector also accounted for 8.07 per cent of total employment, according to the BBS’s Tourism Satellite Account 2020, which was based on the data of the fiscal year of 2018-19. So, tourism should be managed as ecotourism that will attract international tourists in Bangladesh. Ecotourism recognizes the idea of preservation of the nature and the local community’s involvement. Ensuring ecotourism will not only provide quality employment and revenue generation opportunities for local people, but also will impose the preservation of natural resources, environment and the indigenous and/or tribal cultures. Bangladesh is richer than many other countries in its natural, historical and archaeological heritages. However, this fact is not yet reaching the majority of the foreign tourists; as a result, Bangladesh is still its rising stage of flourishing as an ecotourism destination.