30,000 tourists still stranded in Cox's Bazar
Our Correspondent, Cox's Bazar
Cox's Bazar district administration took a step to help the 30 thousand stranded tourists, who went to Cox's Bazar on Eid holidays but could not get back home due to political violence and unrest.Cox's Bazar Deputy Commissioner (DC) Mohammed Aminul Islam said he held a meeting with the representatives of District Hotel-Motel Owners' Association, District Restaurant Owners' Association and Bus Paribahan Owners' Association on DC office yesterday to address the crisis situation. All parties agreed in the meeting that they would offer all stranded tourists concessions in hotel room rent, food cost and transport cost and would give the tourists an opportunity to pay due bill after they return home. About 50 thousand visitors from home and abroad thronged Cox's Bazar sea beach to enjoy Eid vacation but about 30 thousand of them got stranded due to political violence. Many became unable to pay hotel room rent and bear the food cost as hoteliers took the opportunity to make hefty sum by charging three to four times higher than the regular rent.
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