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Bangladesh 's Cox’s Bazar: A paradise being lost?
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Mass touri* and unplanned development are putting Cox's Bazar at risk
Pristine sandy beaches, coconut palms, sunshine and tropical weather - Cox's Bazar in the south-eastern corner of Bangladesh has everything to make it an ideal holiday destination.
With more than 100km (62.5 miles) of sand, Cox's Bazar has the world's longest uninterrupted natural beach.
Since this long coastal line by the Bay of Bengal has rarely been explored, many feel it has the potential to rival other beach holidays destinations in the region like Pattaya in Thailand or Galle in Sri Lanka.
This tropical paradise is key to the Bangladeshi government's new plans to put the country on the international tourist map. It hopes to earn more than $5bn (£3.17bn) from touri* in the next 10 years by attracting more domestic and foreign visitors.
But a walk along the main beach in Cox's Bazar suggests the ambitious dream of an international tourist attraction may turn sour unless the authorities act fast.
"The whole area is being developed in an unplanned way," said Professor Mushtaq Ahmed, an environmental campaigner in Cox's Bazar.
"The beach area has been encroached and hundreds of buildings have come up there creating a negative influence on the environment."
He says many of the hotels, government buildings and shops that have been built in recent years lack proper planning permission.
Construction boom
Hundreds of new buildings have sprung up in recent years
Until about two decades ago, Cox's Bazar was a sleepy beach town which attracted mostly Bangladeshis looking to escape the noise and pollution of big cities like Dhaka and Chittagong.
However, the entire landscape has changed and hundreds of high-rise hotel buildings, apartment blocks and restaurants have mushroomed in the area.
On the main beach itself, there are dozens of shops selling souvenirs, toys, clothes and fast food.
Hotels and restaurants are being erected in almost every part of the town and in nearby beach areas as the construction boom continues.
Environmentalists fear if the illegally built buildings along the main beach are not removed soon, the area may never recover and its beauty will be lost forever.
They say despite a court order last year to remove all unauthorised structures from Cox's Bazar beach, hundreds of buildings and shops still remain.
But officials say following the court order, the government has formed a committee to identify buildings and other structures which should be removed from the main beach area.
"The problem is many government buildings have also been built on the beach area," Mohammad Monirul Islam, a senior government official said.
"The committee will soon come out with a list of structures which should be demolished."
But the slow pace of the demolition drive has irked many environmental activists who feel precious time is being lost to protect the beach from encroachment and land grabbing.
Bangladeshi Touri* Minister Faruk Khan admits that there has been some unplanned growth in Cox's Bazar, but says the government is taking measures to protect the area.
"We are already building a marine drive from Cox's Bazar to Teknaf and we have given instruction that no building should be built on the southern side of the marine drive that is on the beach.
"That's how we plan to control encroachment," Mr Khan told the BBC.
Bangladesh wants to rival other beach resorts with Cox's Bazar
Multiple impact
The problems are not confined to the seaside - nearby hills are also facing threats.
"Trees are being cut indiscriminately on the hillside and lands are also cleared to make way for buildings," Prof Ahmed said.
"As a result, we witness frequent landslides during monsoon period killing many people."
Dozens of people were killed in June when mud banks collapsed during heavy rain, burying houses. It was the second major landslide in less than four years.
The increasing number of visitors is also having an impact on the marine environment.
Activists say many tourists take coral home as souvenirs. As a result, traders and locals frequently collect corals and sea shells from nearby islands like St Martin's.
What is more visible to visitors is the pollution in and around Cox's Bazar's. As it attracts millions of tourists, tonnes of empty packaging and plastic water bottles are strewn across the beach area.
"I think there should be strict rules to prevent pollution on the beach. We can see garbage in many places and we should stop polluting this beautiful place," says Maria Hossain, a tourist from Chittagong.
Too little, too late?
Sea shells are sought-after souvenirs
Officials say the government has taken a series of steps to preserve Cox's Bazar. They say the planned Cox's Bazar Development Authority will monitor and regulate all new building constructions in the region.
But it's not clear whether that alone will be enough to save Cox's Bazar.
The government aims to double the number of foreign tourists arriving to almost a million by 2021, which it says will help to generate at least half a million jobs.
The influx of additional tourists will no doubt put pressure on Cox's Bazar as developers will look for new sites for construction.
For decades, touri* was not on a priority for Bangladesh.
But amid an uncertain economic outlook, if they can get it right, touri* may offer the country a perfect opportunity to diversify its revenue base and change its image to the world.
The challenge for the government, however, is how to balance the need to promote development without hurting local ecology.
注解：
1.Mass touri* 大众旅游，mass touri* market 大众旅游市场
2. unplanned development 没有规划的发展
3. put ...at risk 使处于危险境地，高频短语
4. coconut palms椰子树
5.tropical 热带的，高频词
tropical fruit 热带水果tropical storm 热带风暴
6.ideal holiday destination 理想的度假目的地，雅思高频词
7.uninterrupted 不间断的
8.coastal line 海岸线
9.potential 潜质
10.rival 竞争，对手，既可作名词又可作动词，雅思高频词
11.is key to 雅思高频短语，经常用到
12.domestic and foreign visitors 内外，foreign 还可以换为oversea，高频短语
13.ambitious 野心勃勃的，高频词
14. turn sour 变酸，变换
15.encroach 侵害，侵占，侵蚀
16.creating a negative influence on the environment 分词作结果状语，对环境有负面作用，高频短语
17.in recent years 与完成时连用，切记
18.planning permission 许可
19.Construction boom 建筑热潮，boom 繁荣，激增，baby boom 指婴儿潮，尤指美战后的婴儿潮，很常用的词
20.new buildings have sprung up in recent years，spring up 如雨后春笋般出现，高频词
21.looking 分词作定语
22.landscape 陆地风光
23 mushroom 蘑菇，快速生长，作动词可以和spring up换
24 dozens of 大量，许多，高频短语
25.souvenirs 纪念品，常用词
26.Environmentalists 环境计划护论者
27.remove 移除，高频词
28.identify 识别，高频词
29.demolish 拆除，拆毁，中经常发生的拆迁事件就用这个词，The factory will be demolished
30.slow pace 缓慢的步伐，步调
31.activists 积分子，常用词
32.land grabbing 土地侵占
33.taking measures to protect the area采取措施计划护此地区，高频短语
34.marine drive 滨海大道
35 instruction that 同位语从句，对 instruction 进行解释和说明
36. resort度假圣地，常用词
37. be not confined to 不局限于，高频短语
例：But the hunger for liberty is strong, and it is not confined to any time or place.
但人类对自由的渴望是如此强烈，它不会受到时间地点的局限。
38. make way for 为...让路，
例：Houses, offices and factories have been demolished to make way for the event.
为了给奥运会让路，许多住宅、写字楼和工厂被拆除。
39.witness 目击，目击者，高频词
40. landslides 滑坡
41. monsoon 季风
42.collapse 坍塌，高频词
43 , burying houses 分词作结果状语
44. The increasing number of 逐渐增加的数量，雅思高频短语
45.having an impact on 影响，超高频短语
46.marine environment 海洋环境，常用短语
47.visible 看得见的，明显的
48.are strewn 被洒满，strewn是strew的过去分词 ，
Flowers strewed the floor.
地板上撒满了鲜花。
49.has taken a series of steps 已经采取了一系列的步骤，a series of 高频短语
50.monitor 监督，监控，高频词
51.it's not clear whether 主语从句，也可以用it's unclear whether ，超高频句子
52. aims to 目的是，旨在，超高频短语
53., which 非限定定语从句， which 代之前面整个句子的内容
54. influx of additional tourists of additional tourists ，influx 涌入，流入（可指人，资金，事物）
influx of wealth into the region
55.priority 权，
56 amid an uncertain economic outlook 在不确定的经济前景中
57.diversify 使多样化，高频词
58.revenue base 收入基数
59.image 形象，高频词
60.promote development 促进发展
61.ecology 生态，生态学 ecology environment 生态环境