A GROUP OF BANGLADESHI GIRLS HAS BEEN FORMED ON FACEBOOK
In Bangladesh, only girls travel teams are being formed through communication on Facebook lately. As one of the Bangladesh Tourism Corporation, 26 such groups have been found, whose members are only girls.
Shahnaz Parveen BBC Bangla, Dhaka 7 May 2018
In Bangladesh, only girls travel teams are being formed through communication on Facebook lately. As one of the Bangladesh Tourism Corporation, 26 such groups have been found, whose members are only girls. They are getting to know each other on Facebook and together they are going to visit different tourist destinations in the country. They are organizing everything themselves. One such group is called Travellets of Bangladesh Travel Daughter. Initiative of two trainee physician girlfriends. But there have been friendships with many more through social media. So far, they have organized tours to 26 tourist centers in Bangladesh.
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Read more: Which is the busiest aviation route in the world? Bomb at the wedding gift: The way the mystery was revealed Karl Marx: How much his prediction came true What is the reason they are making such a team? SakiaHaque is one of the daughters of this trip. "My girlfriend Mansi and I opened the group because we wanted the girls to be motivated to travel," she said. Sakia and a few girlfriends have toured 20 districts of Bangladesh on a scooter. The number of travel girl members on Facebook is now 16 thousand. Many more such groups have been formed on the basis of identity only through social media. Such as Female Travelers of Bangladesh, Wonder Women. Which is not a traditional package tour, which has no business purpose. These are basically member-based closed groups on Facebook. A group has also been formed where only girlfriends are going to travel together. FarhanaAlam is one of them. He says the event is just for the girls to get together and spend their time together. "When it comes to husbands or boyfriends, the point is to make time for them. But we'll just go out for ourselves. We'll do whatever we want," said FarhanaAlam. The members of these groups are mainly young generation girls. None of them are studying. Some may be young professionals working in a private company. But how much encouragement do such girls get from their families in conservative Bangladesh? Another TamannaKhair, who was thirsty for travel, was asked. She said she got a lot of encouragement from her family to go out with the girls in groups. But that may not be the case for everyone. However, along with Facebook groups, tour companies are also being formed that are creating separate packages for girls or providing travel assistance. The Bangladesh Tourism Board has also joined the campaign for female tourists. Universities are organizing workshops, essays or photo competitions for girls. TripZip Tours is conducting Women Travelers Campaign with Bangladesh Tourism Board. Its executive director is KanizFatema. He said none of those who are going to tour know anyone. He mentioned that this is a big change in the field of tourism. But in such an arrangement the question arose in the context of security. What are they doing about it? KanizFatema said they took the help of Bangladesh Tourism Corporation and Tourist Police in these cases.You can read more in BBC Bangla: Arrogant teenager travels alone in the sand A travel story and the Rohingya indigenous debate
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