Branding Islamic Heritage to Promote Tourism in Bangladesh

Abstract

As Bangladesh is one of the largest Muslim countries in the world it captures many Islamic heritage sites those are renowned all over the world. It includes unique designed mosques, tombs, shrines in almost all the districts of Bangladesh those are very attractive in nature and it can create appeal to the Muslim as well as non-Muslim tourists from home and abroad. This paper explores the concept of Islamic tourism with its various terminologies. The paper also describes briefly the major attractions of Islamic heritage in Bangladesh in front of the national and international tourists. Key Terms:Tourism, Islamic heritage, Bangladesh. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Date of Submission: 03-07-2017 Date of acceptance: 15-07-2017 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------