Leveraging Thematic Circuits for BIMSTEC Tourism Development

<p>This report shows how countries in the BIMSTEC subregion can work together to rebuild their pandemic-battered travel industries and create intraregional thematic tour packages to boost visitor numbers and support sustainable development.</p><p><br></p><p>It lays out comprehensive action plans involving each member country-Bangladesh Bhutan India Myanmar Nepal Sri Lanka and Thailand-and highlights the potential of cross-border tourism circuits based on themes such as wildlife trekking or religion. It explains the potential to grow intraregional tourism use public-private partnerships and harmonize infrastructure connectivity and marketing to develop seamless travel between member countries and fast-track their economic recovery.</p>