Prospect of Private-Public Partnership in Tourism of Bangladesh

Tourism sector is a potential sector for the economic growth of Bangladesh. This paper is prepared to find out the prospect of Private-public-partnership (PPP) for economic growth in tourism sector in Bangladesh. The relationship between tourism industry of Bangladesh and its contribution to economic growth are analyzed to strengthen the probability of this private-public partnership. The market for tourism industry is identified through SCP (Structure, conduct, performance) framework and prospect of creating such market though PPP for greater revenue of the private sector which are showed in this article. Tourism is playing very diverse role in many developing countries and prospect of this industry in Bangladesh is very high. The objective of the paper is to present the recent trends of earning from tourism, tourist arrivals and identifications of barriers of tourism industry in Bangladesh. Further, government’s different projects regarding tourism sector development are considered to see the greater prospect of profit from private sector which will contribute to economic growth of Bangladesh