Noting that the eviction of hotels from the city’s residential areas will adversely affect the country’s tourism business as well economy, hotel business leaders have urged the authorities concerned to refrain from dismantling those, reports UNB.
“Drives have already started in many places to evict hotels from residential areas. It should be stopped immediately,” director of The Westin Dhaka (Room and Operation) Shakawath Hossain told a press conference on Sunday.
Bangladesh International Hotel Association (BIHA) arranged the press conference at Amrai Dhaka Hotel to present their stance on the government’s move to evict hotels from the residential areas, following the recent terror attack on the Holey Artisan Bakery at Gulshan.