Nandan to build country's largest resort at Tk1.20b near Dhaka
Friday, 11 September 2009
Sonia H Moni
Nandan group, a British-Bangladesh joint venture, has said it would build the country's largest resort at a cost of TK1.20 billion near its amusement park, some 40 kilometres north-west of the capital.
The resort, which can accommodate 250 people at a time, will have 40 cottages and green hills on 20 acres of land, the group's head of project development Major (Retd) Md Mahmud ur Rahman Sakeb told the FE.
"It will be the country's largest resort and will look like a traditional Bangladeshi village with all its beauty and splendour. Visitors would get the same ambience that they find in the famed resorts of Bali in Indonesia," Sakeb said.
"In addition to 40 cottages for couples and families, there will be a dormitory, world class restaurant, tennis court, mini golf course, swimming pool, party centre, administrative building and lush green garden," he added.
Nandan, which also owns the country's largest amusement park at Baroipara, Savar and has stakes in real estate, plans to start work on the resort early 2010 and complete by early 2012.
Sakeb said the company wants to tap into growing inland tourism in the country. More than two million people visit the beach town of Cox's Bazar during Eid and four million to the hill district of Bandarban every year, he said.
"Our market is now ready for a top class resort like ours. There are now hundreds of thousands of people in Bangladesh who spend some time in their busy annual calendar in vacationing in resorts and top hotels," he said.
"Higher middle class and higher-class local people and foreigners are our targeted clients," he said, adding unlike the resorts in Bali and Thailand where alcohols and gambling flow freely, Nandon would not undermine the country's culture and traditions.
"There will be no casino. But there will be dance programmes by our indigenous people and healthy entertainment arrangement. The visitors will also enjoy free access to our amusement park," he said.
Nandan group, a British-Bangladesh joint venture, has said it would build the country's largest resort at a cost of TK1.20 billion near its amusement park, some 40 kilometres north-west of the capital.
The resort, which can accommodate 250 people at a time, will have 40 cottages and green hills on 20 acres of land, the group's head of project development Major (Retd) Md Mahmud ur Rahman Sakeb told the FE.
"It will be the country's largest resort and will look like a traditional Bangladeshi village with all its beauty and splendour. Visitors would get the same ambience that they find in the famed resorts of Bali in Indonesia," Sakeb said.
"In addition to 40 cottages for couples and families, there will be a dormitory, world class restaurant, tennis court, mini golf course, swimming pool, party centre, administrative building and lush green garden," he added.
Nandan, which also owns the country's largest amusement park at Baroipara, Savar and has stakes in real estate, plans to start work on the resort early 2010 and complete by early 2012.
Sakeb said the company wants to tap into growing inland tourism in the country. More than two million people visit the beach town of Cox's Bazar during Eid and four million to the hill district of Bandarban every year, he said.
"Our market is now ready for a top class resort like ours. There are now hundreds of thousands of people in Bangladesh who spend some time in their busy annual calendar in vacationing in resorts and top hotels," he said.
"Higher middle class and higher-class local people and foreigners are our targeted clients," he said, adding unlike the resorts in Bali and Thailand where alcohols and gambling flow freely, Nandon would not undermine the country's culture and traditions.
"There will be no casino. But there will be dance programmes by our indigenous people and healthy entertainment arrangement. The visitors will also enjoy free access to our amusement park," he said.