Bangladesh Parjatan Corporation (BPC; ) is a statutory board under the Ministry of Civil Aviation & Tourism of Bangladesh, tasked to promote the tourism industry of the country. It is the national tourism organization of the country.
Establishment The Board of Bangladesh Parjatan Corporation, was established in the year 1973 consists of a chairman and 3 whole- time Directors. According to the Bangladesh Parjatan Corporation Order 1972, the purpose of the board are
It shall be the function of the corporation to promote and develop tourism, provide facilities, undertake measures and carry out all forms of activities connected with or ancillary to tourism. To promote tourist undertakings and to control and regulate tourist installations and services. To organise reception and information facilities in or outside Bangladesh. To create tourism awareness among the people. To establish institutes for instruction and training of potential tourism personnel. The National Hotel and Tourism Training Institute was established in 1974 under the Bangladesh Parjatan Corporation to provide professional training to develop skilled manpower for the hotel and tourism industry.
Functions The corporation performs following functions: To promote and develop tourism. To establish tourism infrastructures in Bangladesh. To provide facilities to undertake measures and carry out all kinds of activities connected with tourism To acquire, establish, construct, arrange, provide and run hotels, restaurants, rest houses, picnic spots, camping sites, theatres, amusement parks and facilities for water skiing and entertainment. To establish institutes for instruction and training of potential tourism personnel.
List of chairmen + List of Chairmen of Bangladesh Parjatan Corporation No. Name Tenure Start Tenure End Reference 1 Nurul Qader Khan 12 March 1973 28 December 1973 2 Rafiqullah Choudhury 29 December 1973 20 January 1976 3 Hedayet Ahmed 21 January 1976 19 January 1977 4 Lt Col Khandakar Mahbubur Rahman 20 January 1977 7 March 1978 5 Gr Capt ABM Taher Quddus 8 March 1978 8 December 1980 6 Kazi Manzoor-e-Mowla 9 December 1980 19 May 1981 7 Sayed Ahmed Reza Hussain 20 May 1981 30 March 1982 8 Gr Capt M Shawkatul Islam (Retd) 1 May 1982 3 September 1984 9 Col Sayed Shahabuddin Ahmed 4 September 1984 7 October 1988 10 Habibur Rahman 6 November 1988 5 February 1991 11 Shamsul Islam 6 February 1991 15 October 1991 12 AMM Nasrullah Khan 16 October 1991 5 June 1992 13 Bazlur Rahman Choudhury 6 June 1992 21 October 1992 14 MAR Talukder 22 October 1992 5 February 1993 15 Col Bazlul Ghani Patwari 12 April 1993 5 December 1993 16 Maj M Abul Bashar Mia 6 December 1993 28 February 1994 17 Abdus Samad Bhuyan 1 March 1994 22 October 1995 18 Dr AKA Mubin 23 October 1995 2 March 1997 19 Khandaker Rashidul Haque 3 March 1997 10 April 1999 20 Maj M Abul Bashar Mia 11 April 1999 5 September 1999 21 Abu Saleh 6 September 1999 31 January 2001 22 M Abdul Latif Mondal 1 February 2001 5 December 2001 23 Abdur Razzaque 6 December 2001 28 January 2003 24 Harunur Rashid Bhuya 29 January 2003 11 December 2003 25 Dr Mohammad Mahbubur Rahman 1 January 2004 8 March 2005 26 Dr Mahfuzul Haque 20 March 2005 9 November 2006 27 Mohammad Wajed Ali Khan 12 November 2006 23 March 2007 28 Mohammad Hafizur Rahman Bhuya 12 February 2007 4 March 2008 29 Shafique Al Mehdi 5 March 2008 10 May 2009 30 Mizanur Rahman 10 May 2009 29 June 2009 31 Mohammad Hamayet Uddin Talukder 1 July 2009 30 June 2012 32 Mohammad Ehsanul Haque 8 July 2011 12 September 2012 33 Mohammad Maqsudul Hasan Khan 23 September 2012 9 August 2014 34 Dr Aparup Chaudhury 18 August 2014 8 May 2017 35 Aktharuzzaman Khan Kabir 11 May 2017 21 July 2019 36 Ram Chandra Das 29 July 2019 14 February 2021 37 Mohammad Hannan Mia 14 February 2021 Incumbent
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External links Official website Tourism in Bangladesh