- We have been picking our brains hard to find a creative solution to the task of shoring up the stagnating tourism sector in Bangladesh. In spite of its location-centred magnetism, how long would Bangladesh languish on the side-line of a relatively peacetime globe-girdling tourism industry when comes its turn?Currently, of course, we take the centre-spot of international media. The conscientious world is beholden to us for the unending, often prevaricated Rohingya crisis, our benevolent sheltering of the numerous hapless victims of ethnic cleansing and our turning into destination for crisis-management trips.What bearing all this will have through an enhanced image of Bangladesh only time will unravel.Back on tourism, we were told by the minister concerned that an increasing domestic appetite for seeing places within the country is being observed and whetted. Very well, from the point of view of patriotism, but how far it works as a prerequisite for injecting an impetus to international travelling into the country remain an open to question.Foreigner arrivals have been incidental to Dhaka or Chittagong on the side-line of their main business itineraries for cities in South or South-East Asia. In the hard, competitive business world, the sure-fire way to fall by the wayside is to be content with consolation prizes! The only thing, we came by, however, to break the monotony and mental barrier was the news last year that at least a dozen global franchise hotels had thrown their hats in the ring to set up branches in Dhaka in near future. It goes without saying unless they were certain of returns they wouldn't have come forward to invest.