Our Cox's Bazar

Cox's Bazar is a city, a fishing port and a tourist destination in southeastern Bangladesh. It is the headquarters of Cox's Bazar district in Chittagong division. Cox's Bazar is famous for its natural beauty. It has the longest uninterrupted natural sandy beach in the world at 120 km. Extended up. It has the largest marine fishing port and submarine cable landing station in Bangladesh. Cox's Bazar was once known as Panoya which literally means yellow flower. Another ancient name is palanquin

History
From the beginning of the ninth century until the Mughal conquest in 1617, a large part of Chittagong, including Cox's Bazar, belonged to the Arakan State. The Mughal emperor Shah Shuja was fascinated by the natural beauty of Cox's Bazar on his way to Arakan by a hilly road and ordered a camp to be set up there. About a thousand palanquins of his fleet took up position at Dulahazara, Chakriya in Cox's Bazar. Dulhazara means thousand couches. After the Mughals, Tripura and Arkan, then the Portuguese and the British took control of the area.
The name Cox's Bazar comes from the name of Captain Hiram Cox, an officer of the British East India Company. The former name of Cox's Bazar was Palanki. After the promulgation of the British East India Company Ordinance, 183, Warrant Hosting was appointed as the Governor of Bengal. Hiram Cox was then appointed director general of the couch. Captain Cox tried to resolve the thousand-year-old conflict between Arakanese refugees and local Rakhine and made significant progress in resettling the refugees, but died before the work was completed (1899). A market was established to commemorate his rehabilitation contribution and was named Mr. Cox's Market. Cox's Bazar Thana was first established in 1854 and the municipality was formed in 189.
Location
Cox's Bazar is 152 km from Chittagong city. Located to the south. Its distance from Dhaka is 414 km. It is the largest tourist destination in Bangladesh. Cox's Bazar can be reached by road and air from the capital Dhaka. Plans are afoot to set up a railway line from Chittagong to Cox's Bazar. It is expected that direct train service from Dhaka will start by 2022.

Tourist attraction
Many organizations have been formed here focusing on the tourism industry. Apart from many privately owned hotels and motels built by Bangladesh Tourism Center, there are several five star hotels near the beach. Besides, oyster market has been developed here for tourists. The Burmese market is made up of foreign goods from Myanmar (formerly Burma), Thailand, China and other countries along the border. Here is the only fish aquarium in the country. There are also parasailing, water biking, beach biking, Cox's Carnival circus show, Darya Nagar Ecopark, numerous architectures built by the Cox's Bazar Development Authority, Future Park, Children's Park and numerous photoshoot spots. There are night beach concerts to enjoy.