Help Tourism, an association for conservation and tourism recently undertook an initiative to develop Cross Border Tourism from India to Bangladesh. For the same, it recently organised a trip to Paharpur, the UNESCO declared World Heritage Site in Bangladesh. The aim of the trip was conservation of heritage sites and to initiate peace between the two countries through tourism. The trip was undertaken by Raj Basu, Vice President, Help Tourism; Biplab Saha, CEO, Sun Tourism and Taifiq Rahman, former Vice President, Tour Operators Association of Bengal (TOAB) to check the feasibility of introducing Paharpur as a tourist destination in India.
For the trip, they started from Siliguri (India) covering Chengrabandha, Burimari, Teesta Barrage, Rangpur and Joypurhat. They chose Joypurhat as the base, which is situated ten kms from Paharpur, due to its proximity to World Heritage Site (Paharpur, Bangladesh). |