The Tourism Development Plan presents profiles of existing tourism patterns and the future tourism development agendas of Bangladesh, Bhutan, the eastern states of India, and Nepal. It then proposes core strategic directions for Technical Working Group that will build upon and add value to the national agendas.

The core strategic directions include

• tourism that is sustainable and contributes to the reduction of poverty
• branding that focuses on SASEC’s products and not on the SASEC subregion itself
• initiation of joint marketing before the introduction of measures to ensure product quality
• repositioning the subregion as a tourist friendly destination
• facilitating the development of a more competitive tourism industry
• improving tourism links with neighboring countries

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Contents

Abbreviations and Table of Contents [ PDF: 89KB | 7 pages ]

Map of South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation Subregion [ PDF: 1,130KB | 1 page ]

Executive Summary [ PDF: 40KB | 2 pages ]

1. Introduction [ PDF: 1,354KB | 8 pages ]
   1. Background of the SASEC Tourism Development Plan
   2. Terms of Reference for Preparation of the TDP
   3. Approach and Methodology
   4. Acknowledgements
   5. Format of the TDP
   
   

2. The Planning Context [ PDF: 3,028KB | 16 pages ]
   1. Background of SASEC
   2. Profile of SASEC Countries
   3. World Tourism
   
   

3. Analysis Of SASEC Tourism [ PDF: 5,648KB | 40 pages ]
   1. Tourism Patterns
   2. Tourism Development Agendas
   3. Tourism Attractions
   4. Issues and Constraints
   
   

4. Strategies For Subregional Cooperation In Tourism [ PDF: 939KB | 6 pages ]
   1. Previous Decisions of Tourism Working Group
   2. Core Strategic Directions
   3. Broad Strategies
   4. Additional Principles
   
   

5. SASEC Tourism Development Framework [ PDF: 4,990KB | 42 pages ]
   1. Structure of the Framework
   2. Generic Programs
   3. Product-Focused Programs
   4. Programs Focused on the Private Sector
   5. Key Area Programs
   
   

6. Implementation Arrangements [ PDF: 2,755KB | 26 pages ]
   1. TWG and its Development Partners
   2. Mobilizing Resources
   3. Public-Private Partnerships
   4. Enhancing the Pro-Poor Benefits of Tourism
   5. Managing the Impacts of Tourism
   6. Relationships with other Regional Groupings
   
   

7. Development Matrix and Action Plan [ PDF: 1,316KB | 20 pages ]

Appendixes [ PDF: 391KB | 65 pages ]

1. Ideas from Planning Workshops
2. South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation Tourism Investment Fund
3. Economic and Financial Analysis of the Tourism Development Plan
4. Key Area Development Concepts
5. Format for Submitting Project Ideas to the Tourism Working Group
6. Participants in the Planning Process
7. Documents Consulted