Dhaka, Oct. 25 -- Saint Martin's Island, the country's only coral island, will reopen to tourists on November 1, with daily visitor numbers capped at 3,500 until March 15, 2027 and each visitor required to pay a Tk 100 environmental conservation fee.

Environment-2 wing of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change issued a letter in this regard on Sunday.

According to the letter, the decisions were taken at an inter-ministerial meeting held at the ministry's conference room on October 12 chaired by Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Abdul Awal Mintoo, to regulate tourist movement to the ecologically critical island.

Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) and the Department of Shipping will not be a...