Chittagong division Tourism in Bangladesh

1 chittagong division

1.1 cox s bazar
1.2 st. martin s island
1.3 bandarban district
1.4 rangamati
1.5 khagrachari district
1.6 patenga beach
1.7 foy s lake
1.8 heritage park
1.9 ethnological museum of chittagong
1.10 wwii cemetery , circuit house

chittagong division
cox s bazar


beach restaurant @ cox s bazar

cox s bazar (bengali: কক্সবাজার kaksbajar) seaside town, fishing port , district headquarters in bangladesh. known wide , long sandy beach, considered many world s longest natural sandy sea beach. beach in cox s bazar unbroken 125 kilometres (78 mi) sandy sea beach gentle slope. located 152 kilometres (94 mi) south of chittagong seaport. cox s bazar known name panowa, literal translation means yellow flower . other old name palongkee .

st. martin s island


dead corals @ st. martin s island

st. martin s island (bengali: সেন্ট মার্টিন্‌স দ্বীপ) small island (area 8 km2) in northeastern part of bay of bengal, 9 km south of tip of cox s bazar-teknaf peninsula, , forming southernmost part of bangladesh. there small adjoining island separated @ high tide, called chhera island. 8 km west of northwest coast of myanmar, @ mouth of naf river. first settlement started 250 years ago arabian sailors named island zajira . during british occupation island named st. martin island. local names of island narical gingira , spelled narikel jinjira/jinjera , means coconut island in bengali, , daruchini dip . coral island in bangladesh.

the city of chittagong has many high end, private hotels such hotel agrabad, hotel park residence, peninsula chittagong, hotel harbour view, hotel meridian, , avenue hotels , suites.

the jw marriott, westin , radisson blu among upcoming five-star hotels in chittagong city.

bandarban district


nilgiri, bandarban

bandarban (bengali: বান্দরবান) district in south-eastern bangladesh, , part of chittagong division , chittagong hill tracts. bandarban regarded 1 of attractive travel destinations in bangladesh. bandarban (meaning dam of monkeys), or in marma or arakanese language rwa-daw mro known arvumi or bohmong circle (of rest of 3 hill districts rangamati chakma circle, raja devasish roy , khagrachari mong circle, raja sachingprue marma). bandarban town home town of bohmong chief (currently king, or raja, u cho prue marma) head of marma population. administrative headquarters of bandarban district, has turned 1 of exotic tourist attractions in bangladesh.

rangamati


kaptai lake, rangamati



shubhalang waterfall, rangamati

rangamati (bengali: রাঙ্গামাটি) administrative headquarters of rangamati hill district in chittagong hill tracts. kaptai lake, hanging bridge , pablakhali reserve forest of notable locations visit in rangamati.

khagrachari district

khagrachari (bengali: খাগড়াছড়ি) district in south-eastern bangladesh. part of chittagong division , chittagong hill tracts. local name chengmi . khagrachari known phalang htaung (ဖလံေထာင္) or mong circle (of rest of 3 hill districts rangamati chakma circle (သက္ေထာင္) , bandarban (ဗိုလ္မင္းေထာင္) bohmong circle). there many tourist places in khagrachari alutila cave, alutila tourists spot, richhang waterfall, yonged buddha bihar, dighinala touduchhori waterfall , others.

patenga beach

patenga sea beach located 14 kilometres south of port city of chittagong, bangladesh. near mouth of karnaphuli river. patenga popular tourist spot. beach close bangladesh naval academy of bangladesh navy , shah amanat international airport. width narrow , swimming in seas not recommended. part of seashore built-up concrete walls, , large blocks of stones have been laid prevent erosion. during 1990s, host of restaurants , kiosks sprouted out around beach area. lighting of area has enhanced security aspect of visiting @ night. guarded large stones protect tsunamis.

a tourist attraction near patenga beach butterfly park..

foy s lake


foys lake

foy s lake human-made lake in chittagong, bangladesh. lake once lake , spillway constructed assam-bengal railway engineer. dug in 1924 , named after english engineer mr. foy. lake next batali hill, highest hill in chittagong metropolitan area. amusement park, managed concord group, located here.

heritage park

there heritage park called shaheed zia memorial complex , mini bangladesh @ chandgaon reflects notable structures , instances of bangladesh. 71-metre tower in mini bangladesh in chittagong has restaurant on top rotates once every 90 minutes. museum includes revolving restaurant. 1 can perceive of country s architectural beauty, ethnic traditions , archaeological inheritance through having glimpse of heritage park. replica of major structures of country, includes jatiya sangsad bhaban (parliament building), national memorial of savar, ahsan manzil, curzon hall of dhaka university, paharpur monastery, kantajew temple of dinajpur, lalbagh fort , sona masjid. park has different rides children.

chittagong war cemetery


ethnological museum of chittagong

the ethnological museum of chittagong located in agrabad, established in 1965, ethnological museum in country, , presents lifestyles , heritage of various ethnic groups of country. museum authority collected rare elements used in everyday lives of different ethnic groups, of had become extinct while others on verge of extinction. museum contains 4 galleries , small hall. 3 galleries of museum feature diverse elements of twenty 9 ethnic groups in bangladesh, while rest of gallery displays lifestyles of ethnic groups of india, pakistan , australia.

wwii cemetery , circuit house

the war cemetery on badshah mia road contains graves of 755 soldiers, , protected , maintained commonwealth war graves commission. there number of museums in chittagong. prominent zia memorial museum housed in old circuit house building. president ziaur rahman assassinated there on 30 may 1981. commemorative museum houses late president ziaur rahman s mementos , personal belongings. established in 1993 12 galleries.