Global Journal of Management and Business Research, F: Real Estate, Event and Tourism Management, Volume 22 Issue 3

58 Global Journal of Management and Business Research Volume XXII Issue III Version I Year 2022 ( ) F © 2022 Global Journals River Tourism in Bangladesh: Present Status and Future Prospects The data of Chart 05 shows that 20% of tourists strongly disagree, that River tourism development can promote the importance of river preservation and diminution of river pollution. 10% of tourists disagree with this statement. 4% of tourists neither agree nor disagree. 32% of tourists agree and 30% of tourists strongly agree with this statement. So we can see almost 62% of the participants agree with this statement. VII. M ajor B arriers in D eveloping R iver T ourism in B angladesh River tourism activities are addressing the opportunities of tourism which can directly contribute to our GDP. There are some challenges that hinder to activate the river tourism in Bangladesh that’s given below: Illegal river sand mining is very common in our country. For unplanned sand mining in river destroys both side of river area. It also negatively impacted on agricultural land besides the river. Every year people are losing land to river erosion caused by illegal dredging. Insufficient budgetary allocation slows down the development of river tourism development. So sufficient budgetary allocation needs for proper river tourism infrastructure development, marketing and promotional activities, training for operating river tourism activities tools, and so on. Source: Developed by Author, 2022 The absence of community preciptiation (people who live beside the riverine areas) in river tourism decelerates the development of river tourism as they are not aware of it. There is a huge opportunity to make the community involved and develop river tourism as well as develop the entire community of riverside. River pollution is posed a serious challenge to river-based tourism in Bangladesh. The main reason behind river pollution is the unawareness of river health and sustainability of the river ecosystem, throwing dirty garbage in the river while traveling, oil spills from tourist's vessels, leak of chemicals from industrial containers, etc. Underdeveloped insufficient infrastructure and super infrastructure (jetties, vessels, well-designed and equipped ships) for river tourism make it difficult to flourish this tourism sector. In river tourism, tourists have to stay in boats or ships. It creates some safety and security issues like natural disasters, robbery, tidal surges, thieves, pickpockets, and mobile networks not found in the middle of the river, etc. Strongly Disagree Disagree Neither Agree nor Disagree Agree Strongly Agree 20% 10% 4% 32% 30% Chart 05: River tourism development can promote the importance of river preservation and diminution of river pollution