31/12/2017
A nice media coverage of ecotourism trainer and ecotourism guide of RI's sustainable tourism initiative and their thoughts on ecotourism in the Sundarban Mangrove Forest in Bangladesh:
Dipankar Saha, a trainer with Sundarban Mangrove Ecotourism, said: “....We have trained 30 eco-guides from the local Munda and Bengali communities and they are all ready to serve any eco- traveller in the Sundarbans. We have also trained people to be ‘eco-chefs’ to prepare local foods. We have arranged eco-entrepreneurship programmes and built some eco-resorts for families to run. For this, the local people have become self-reliant. We have ensured pure water and electricity in our eco-cottages. We also have some eco-boats....”
Dipankar Biswas, an eco-tour guide and tour operator of Sundarban Mangrove Ecotourism, said, “I have been working as an eco-tour guide for two years. I am actually working to promote ecotourism in the south-western part of the Sundarbans. .....”
Ecotourism and ‘green’ travel have become popular types of tourism in Bangladesh. Such types of responsible tourism are now playing an important role in the development of the industry, while adding revenue to the national exchequer. Agencies involved in this sector are working to guide…
