Separate policy stressed for promoting green tourism

Environment, energy and waste management experts at a workshop in Dhaka, yesterday laid emphasis on formulating a separate policy for promoting green products and creating green jobs to flourish environment friendly eco-tourism in the country, reports BSS.
“Tax holiday should be imposed on energy efficient activities and tourism related equipment while access to easy financing needed for sustainable eco-tourism,” A H Md Maqsood Sinha of Waste Concern, said in a presentation.
International Labour Organisation (ILO) and Waste Concern jointly organised the workshop titled “Scoping of enterprises and greening supply chain of the Tourism and Hospitality and Agro-food Processing Sectors” at Spectra convention center in Gulshan here. In his presentation along with Iftekhar Enaytullah of Waste Concern, Sinha said policies regarding green or eco-tourism are not updated in Bangladesh compared to world tourism. Inter-ministerial coordination and harmonization of policies are needed, he said.
Sinha, one of the leading waste management experts of the country, said incentive of marketing of green products are required for both tourism and agro-food processing sector. He also underlined the need to introduce capacity building training and massive awareness programme on greening of tourism sector. “Entrepreneurship training on waste to resource project, energy efficient, climate change adaptability for green operations in tourism is also needed,” he said.
Today, he said there is a growing acknowledgement that business as usual based on the strategy - grow fast clean up later - is not sustainable, neither economically nor socially and environmentally.
Sinha said green tourism will increase resource productivity, bring down production costs, improve competitiveness, open up new markets and develop new business.

Separate policy stressed for promoting green tourism

Environment, energy and waste management experts at a workshop in Dhaka, yesterday laid emphasis on formulating a separate policy for promoting green products and creating green jobs to flourish environment friendly eco-tourism in the country, reports BSS. Tax holiday should be imposed on energy efficient activities and tourism related equipment while access to easy financing needed for sustainable eco-tourism, A H Md Maqsood Sinha of Waste Concern, said in a presentation. International Labour Organisation (ILO) and Waste Concern jointly organised the workshop titled Scoping of enterprises and greening supply chain of the Tourism and Hospitality and Agro-food Processing Sectors at Spectra convention center in Gulshan here. In his presentation along with Iftekhar Enaytullah of Waste Concern, Sinha said policies regarding green or eco-tourism are not updated in Bangladesh compared to world tourism. Inter-ministerial coordination and harmonization of policies are needed, he said. Sinha, one of the leading waste management experts of the country, said incentive of marketing of green products are required for both tourism and agro-food processing sector. He also underlined the need to introduce capacity building training and massive awareness programme on greening of tourism sector. Entrepreneurship training on waste to resource project, energy efficient, climate change adaptability for green operations in tourism is also needed, he said. Today, he said there is a growing acknowledgement that business as usual based on the strategy - grow fast clean up later - is not sustainable, neither economically nor socially and environmentally. Sinha said green tourism will increase resource productivity, bring down production costs, improve competitiveness, open up new markets and develop new business.