TE24 News Desk:
Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity (JKS) has said holidaymakers should pay an outrageous measure of toll for traversing the country during this Eid season. Simultaneously, transport proprietors will gather some Tk8,000 crore in additional passages from travelers during these Eid trips, said the Samity’s Secretary General Mozammel Hoque Chowdhury in a press preparation at the Dhaka Reporters Unity (DRU) in the capital on Thursday.
The absolute number of excursions in parkways, streams and aviation routes has been assessed to associate with 60 crore, which will occur from 25 April to 10 May, he added.
In a composed proclamation, Mozammel Hoque Chowdhury said, “The passage rebellion has arrived at its pinnacle. Dhaka-Barisal airfare currently costs more than that on the Dhaka-Bangkok course. On this course, US-Bangla Airlines is as of now charging travelers Tk10,600 per flight, which was Tk4,000 prior,” he said.
“Also, Novoair has raised the Dhaka-Barisal passage to Tk6,400 from Tk4,800. Biman Bangladesh additionally has raised the ticket cost to Tk8,400 from Tk3,000.”
Airfares in different courses have likewise been climbed for Eid travel, he added.