Dhaka, Sept. 27 -- Bangladesh's hotel industry is being squeezed by high taxes, duties, borrowing costs, import expenses and investment hurdles, while fewer foreign guests have weakened room revenues.

Yet domestic customers have helped drive stronger earnings from food, beverages and events.

Unique Hotel and Resorts CEO Md Shakawath Hossain has called for policy changes, investment security, easier financing and stronger entrepreneurship, alongside efforts to connect tourism with business, medical and halal travel.

He made the remarks on bdnews24.com's discussion programme Chinwag with the Chiefs broadcast on its YouTube channel and Facebook page.

Shakawath, with experience over two decades in the hospitality industry, said more than ...