The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) signed a letter of agreement with the Ministry of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs (MoCHTA) for implementing a pilot project to support rural livelihoods through tourism development in the Bandarban district, and more specifically in the surrounding hills of Ruma Upazila (sub-district).
The pilot project aims to enhance sustainable tourism development and management, with particular emphasis on benefits for local communities. Pilot interventions aim to impact at both community level to increase incomes of target groups in 10 paras of Ruma Upazila and at strategic level through the development of this Tourism Destination Management Plan.