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I think you didn't understand the essence of @Homo Sapiens post. He didn't say anything negative about other countries.
Simply tourism has many faces and factors as he mentioned some.
Suppose , the case of Singapore. What natural or cultural excellence she possesses? For treatment ? Only few can afford those.
@Homo Sapiens BD is Indian land. We are Indians. Before bitching about how tourist friendly BD is tell me what exactly we have that India don't?

I am happy you are optimistic about tourism i really don't.
We as Bangladeshi might have aspirations of becoming tourism friendly nation. It's natural.
Again, it is a very big changes, but not impossible.

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@Homo Sapiens BD is Indian land. We are Indians. Before bitching about how tourist friendly BD is tell me what exactly we have that India don't?

I am happy you are optimistic about tourism i really don't.
I am not willing to discuss about Bangladeshi tourism with any inferiority striken ভাদা .Period.
 
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I am not willing to discuss about Bangladeshi tourism with any ভাদা .Period.

Lol. Look brother it's ok i am not going to insult you back. I know most bd members in this forum are over emotional idiots. Anyways carry on.:)
 
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I am not willing to discuss about Bangladeshi tourism with any inferiority striken ভাদা .Period.

He is not vada but if I am not wrong claimed to be from urdu speaking Nawab family and with soft corner for Pakistan. I guess his dad helped to get him admitted at BMC, if he is the same guy I am thinking about. lol
 
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He is not vada but if I am not wrong claimed to be from urdu speaking Nawab family and with soft corner for Pakistan. I guess his dad helped to get him admitted at BMC, if he is the same guy I am thinking about. lol

No i am not that guy. Lol. You guys are all attacking me because i said bd is not good for tourism? Grow up
 
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No i am not that guy. Lol. You guys are all attacking me because i said bd is not good for tourism? Grow up

Did I attack you? How? For now obviously for foreigner Bangladesh is not the top priority for tourism as Bangladesh needs to do development in number of front which Bangladesh has started to do. But 1 thing for sure Bangladesh is witnessing a lot of local tourism and for a country of 160 million it is big.
 
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Did I attack you? How? For now obviously for foreigner Bangladesh is not the top priority for tourism as Bangladesh needs to do development in number of front which Bangladesh has started to do. But 1 thing for sure Bangladesh is witnessing a lot of local tourism and for a country of 160 million it is big.

I DO care about our economy. But i don't think we should keep high hopes for tourism THAT'S ALL.
 
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very small amount tax and or contact san miguel to produce legally in bangladesh plus small tax on cigar and good hotels / safe house like hut etc.. for tourist there u go u have best economy ........... STAY AWAY FROM RELIGION I AM NOT TALKING ABT RELIGION
 
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@Homo Sapiens BD is Indian land. We are Indians. Before bitching about how tourist friendly BD is tell me what exactly we have that India don't?

I am happy you are optimistic about tourism i really don't.

Bhai @DarkPrince there are differences, our history is different and so are our traditions.

There are a lot of 'Indian' things we have 'borrowed' from Indian culture over a few millennia - but that only speaks about our receptivity and open-ness to cultures other than our own.

To call us 'Indians' in the true sense would be inaccurate. Starting from our Deva, Sena dynasties and mostly Buddhist kings as well as the main source and birthplace of Pali-based Buddhist culture - as opposed to Hindu kingdoms/culture such as Maurya and Pala empires in mainland India, our traditions are as distinct as Assamese and Nepalese traditions. No one calls those traditions/cultures as 'Indian', there are important differences and distinctions.

Even as recently as the 12th to 15th centuries, our Elias Shahi dynasty fought the Moghuls and kept their distinct brand of Muslim culture and tradition in East Bengal.

I can get why Indians want to call us 'Indian', but if you were born in Bangladesh - then why would you do the same or have a sycophancy toward India? What has India ever done for us without selfish motives- which is even more blatant in Chaiwala's rule? Not many here in the Bangladesh would agree with you on that subject I'm afraid...

I DO care about our economy. But i don't think we should keep high hopes for tourism THAT'S ALL.

Well you ARE entitled to your opinion however keeping an open mind about tourism is not a bad thing. Countries a lot more featureless in geography and devoid of culture compared to Bangladesh get tourists because tourism is packaged a certain way. If you have ever been to places like Cancun, Yucatan or Costa Rica, there really isn't a heck of a lot more to see than Bangladesh....but they package it wayyy better. :-)

We in Bangladesh have not done this tourism packaging bit - not even 10% of it....

Look at what is available in Cancun...we have not done any horse-rides, jungle tours, zip-lining, snorkeling, nothing....

https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attract...c11952-zfg12022-Cancun_Yucatan_Peninsula.html

People on vacation want to go somewhere different and want to experience different things (like observe howling macaques, red crabs, mud skippers, parrots and fruit-bats, all of which we have in our jungles) which they don't get to see at home. They also want to do guided hikes in trails, Segway tours, zip-line tours, even helicopter tours (if well-heeled) to explore the area, to retain some memories which they can qualify as money-well-spent. Bangladesh has tons of eco-tour operators in the Sundarbans doing this already.

Bangladesh is near the tropical equator and we can play up the tropical tourism bit. Comfy, modern hotels are a bonus, some of which are already present in CXB and places like Kuakata.

From my American cultural exposure and point of view, I want to experience oddball things during the day on my vacation but want to come back to my a/c room and five star dinner and cocktails (or mocktails) at night. Snobby - yes. But who are you to argue if I plunk down the cash?

For those Bangladeshis (fifth columnists) who glorify India, (regardless of flag) you can admire good things about India - fine. But don't insult the country of your birth by likening it to India. Indians themselves will never do it - so why should you??
 
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Bhai @DarkPrince there are differences, our history is different and so are our traditions.

There are a lot of 'Indian' things we have 'borrowed' from Indian culture over a few millennia - but that only speaks about our receptivity and open-ness to cultures other than our own.

To call us 'Indians' in the true sense would be inaccurate. Starting from our Deva, Sena dynasties and mostly Buddhist kings as well as the main source and birthplace of Pali-based Buddhist culture - as opposed to Hindu kingdoms/culture such as Maurya and Pala empires in mainland India, our traditions are as distinct as Assamese and Nepalese traditions. No one calls those traditions/cultures as 'Indian', there are important differences and distinctions.

Even as recently as the 12th to 15th centuries, our Elias Shahi dynasty fought the Moghuls and kept their distinct brand of Muslim culture and tradition in East Bengal.

I can get why Indians want to call us 'Indian', but if you were born in Bangladesh - then why would you do the same or have a sycophancy toward India? What has India ever done for us without selfish motives- which is even more blatant in Chaiwala's rule? Not many here in the Bangladesh would agree with you on that subject I'm afraid...



Well you ARE entitled to your opinion however keeping an open mind about tourism is not a bad thing. Countries a lot more featureless in geography and devoid of culture compared to Bangladesh get tourists because tourism is packaged a certain way. If you have ever been to places like Cancun, Yucatan or Costa Rica, there really isn't a heck of a lot more to see than Bangladesh....but they package it wayyy better. :-)

We in Bangladesh have not done this tourism packaging bit - not even 10% of it....

Look at what is available in Cancun...we have not done any horse-rides, jungle tours, zip-lining, snorkeling, nothing....

https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attract...c11952-zfg12022-Cancun_Yucatan_Peninsula.html

People on vacation want to go somewhere different and want to experience different things (like observe howling macaques, red crabs, mud skippers, parrots and fruit-bats, all of which we have in our jungles) which they don't get to see at home. They also want to do guided hikes in trails, Seqway tours, zipline tours, even helicopter tours (if well-heeled) to explore the area, to retain some memories which they can qualify as money-well-spent. Bangladesh has tons of eco-tour operators in the Sundarbans doing this already.

Bangladesh is near the tropical equator and we can play up the tropical tourism bit. Comfy, modern hotels are a bonus, some of which are already present in CXB and places like Kuakata.

From my American cultural exposure and point of view, I want to experience oddball things during the day on my vacation but want to come back to my a/c room and five star dinner and cocktails (or mocktails) at night. Snobby - yes. But who are you to argue if I plunk down the cash?

For those Bangladeshis (fifth columnists) who glorify India, (regardless of flag) you can admire good things about India - fine. But don't insult the country of your birth by likening it to India. Indians themselves will never do it - so why should you??

Bilal bhai you said lot of good things. But we are Indians. Our language is Bengali which came from Sanskrit. Sanskrit is North Indian language. So technically we are using an Indian language. Rabindranath Tagore wrote both Indian and Bangladeshi anthem. BD girls puts bindi on their forehead which is a hindu custom. I can go on and on.

Now about BD tourism. Time will tell who is right. Our beloved bluesky insulted me when i said we have no other choice. We have to take Rohingyas. Ultimately that's what happened.
 
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বাঙালের একতা চাপাতেই সীমাবদ্ধ! আত্মপরিচয়হীনতা তো আছেই।

---জনৈক সিলেটী

Now, are you offended?
 
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Bilal bhai you said lot of good things. But we are Indians. Our language is Bengali which came from Sanskrit. Sanskrit is North Indian language. So technically we are using an Indian language.

Wrong my dear Sir...

Modern Bangla came from Proto-Bengali (proto-Bengali was developed by the Sena Dynasty) - which was derived from Magadhi Prakrit, not from Sanskrit. Bangla does have borrow-words from ardha-Sanskrit however. The fork occurred way early. I will respectfully suggest that you read up on the topic. Articles in Wikipedia are unreliable, try Banglapedia.

And most importantly, having borrow words in a language does not make us belong to that cultural group. There is no such thing as a North 'Indian' language that should make anyone an 'Indian'.
 
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Wrong my dear Sir...

Modern Bangla came from Proto-Bengali (proto-Bengali was developed by the Sena Dynasty) - which was derived from Magadhi Prakrit, not from Sanskrit. Bangla does have borrow-words from ardha-Sanskrit however. The fork occurred way early. I will respectfully suggest that you read up on the topic. Articles in Wikipedia are unreliable, try Banglapedia.

You do understand Bangladeshi is called vangladeshhi in Sanskrit right? Only difference i see between bengali and hindi is v instead of b
 
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Two controversial and troll poster tagging each other (নাকি নিজেই নিজেরে ট্যাগায় ?) and derailing the thread.
Please refrain from OT discussion.
এই ব্যাটা, আবার তুই গ্রূপিং শুরু করছস ? এই ফোরামে ঢুইকাই তুই এই কাম করতাছস। ভালো হইয়া যা। নিজের মাথায় ঘিলু থাকলে কিছু বাইর কইরা আমাগো একটু শেখা। নাকি আবার খারাপ কিছু কইলাম?
 
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