Technology Influenced Tourism and Hospitality Services in Bangladesh

How far do the existing tourism services aid Bangladesh to be a standard tourist destination of this world? This paper attempts to unravel this central query regarding the prevailing tourism services in Bangladesh and their resonance with the criteria of a standardized international tourist destination. The majestic natural bestowments of Bangladesh have been enchanting both national and international tourists since ages. Our economy has also been noticeably rocketed in the last few years owing to these magnificent footslogging locations. The crowning of Paharpur Vihara, Historic Mosque City of Bagerhat, and the splendid Sundarbans as UNESCO’s World Heritage Sites has enriched our tourism sector lucratively. In spite of its hypnotizing elegance and unprecedented appeals, Bangladesh could hardly enlist itself within the top most tourist friendly destinations of this world. Thereby, this paper attempts to weigh the accreditation of “standard tourist destination” in relation to “available tourism services in Bangladesh.” This paper has examined the availability of technology, health, restaurant and catering services, personal security, beauty parlor-saloon, and shopping complex accessibility (for both national and international tourists) as determinants of tourism services. This paper intends to adopt a mixed research methodology using both qualitative and quantitative analytical methods. It endeavors to inspect these determinants in selected tourist spots of Chattogram and Cox’s Bazar, being one of the most legendary excursive places of the country. Finally, this paper urges to bridge the existing technological, sociocultural, and administrative loopholes of our tourism services through some proposed policy prescriptions for their future development.