PHILIPPINE PRODUCTS EXHIBIT AT THE INTERNATIONAL TOURISM FAIR
22 April 2019, Dhaka – The Philippine Embassy in Dhaka exhibited Philippine products at the 9th Bangladesh Travel and Tourism Fair (BTTF) 2019 organized by Tour Operators Association of Bangladesh (TOAB) held at Bangabandhu International Conference Center (BICC) on 18 - 20 April 2019.
The Philippine Embassy, in support of the Philippine Bangladesh Association participated in the 3-days international tourism fair promoting the Philippines’ tourism industry and its products that includes banana chips, polovoron, sardines, strawberry jam, likas & kojic soap, etc.
BTTF is Bangladesh’s largest annual international travel and tourism fair that provides opportunity to everyone to establish business contacts, reach domestic, regional and international travel suppliers while showcasing different cultural shows, seminar and wide media exposure. Around 140 exhibitors like tour operators, airlines, hotels and resorts from 10 countries displayed their various services. END.
H.E. Vicente Vivencio T. Bandillo, Philippine Ambassador to Bangladesh (center), (from Left to right) Ms. Lauren S. Arce, Cultural Officer & Mr. Anisuzzaman, Philippine Bangladesh Association President
Visiting people at the fair waiting to be entertained at the Philippine booth
FILIPINIANA SECTION NOW OPEN AT THE NATIONAL PUBLIC LIBRARY, DHAKA
PHOTO, 20 April 2019, Dhaka, Bangladesh: Ambassador Bandillo delivers his speech during the opening ceremony of the Filipinana Section at the Sufia Kamal National Public Library on 20 April 2019. Ambassador Bandillo candidly expressed his hope that at least one of the 3000 daily readers that visit the National Public Library would venture into the Filipiniana section and examine its books and map, and learn about his beloved country, the Philippines.
PHOTO, 20 April 2019, Dhaka, Bangladesh: (foreground, from left) Department of Public Libraries Director General Ashish Kumar Sarker, State Minister for Cultural Affairs Mr. KM Khalid, MP, and Philippine Ambassador to Bangladesh Vicente Vivencio T. Bandillo cut the ribbon to offically open the Filipiniana Section to the public at the Sufia Kamal National Public Library in Dhaka, Bangladesh on 20 April 2019. They are joined by Madame Alma Bandillo, standing to the left hand side of the Ambassador.
