Japan National Tourism Organization (JNTO), for the first time, is going to participate in the Bangladesh Travel and Tourism Fair (BTTF-2023), says the Japanese Embassy in Dhaka.

Tour Operators Association of Bangladesh (TOAB) will host the fair on March 2-4 at the Bangabandhu International Conference Center (BICC).

Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister Mahbub Ali will be chief guest at the inaugural ceremony while Komine Ken, first secretary at the Embassy of Japan and senior director of JNTO, Singapore office Suzumori Kanako will join the inaugural session.

The BTTF 2023 is supported by the Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism, Bangladesh Parjatan Corporation, Bangladesh Tourism Board, FBCCI and Bangladesh Tourist Police.

Tourism organizations from Malaysia, Nepal, India, UAE, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Vietnam, Thailand and Turkey will also participate in the fair.

In the JNTO booth at the fair travel lovers can get information about Japan tourism.

Pamphlets of tourism in different prefectures of Japan will be available, said the Embassy, adding that another attraction in the JNTO booth will be trying out Yukata, Japanese traditional summer kimono to take a photo.