Archaeological and Historical Tourism: An Emerging Dimension for the Tourism Industry of Bangladesh

Abstract

Bangladesh emerges as a popular tourist destination for her natural heritage, beautiful coasts and beaches, archeological remains, historical and religious places, hills and islands, forests and jungles and attractive countryside with inestimable water bodies and green fields of agriculture. These valuable natural and cultural heritages are major parts of our tourism industry. Every year, many nature loving people visit here and contribute a major part in our national economy. So, Bangladesh has many things to offer to our precious visitors, but Archaeological and historical tourism in Bangladesh, as a fragment of the larger tourism industry, can be the major contributor to total tourism earnings. “Foreign tourists who come to Bangladesh, like to enjoy archaeological and historical places first, while their second choice is scenic beauty” (Ali & Parvin, 2010).

Keywords: Archaeology, Bangladesh, History and Tourism.