Cox Bazar- The beauty of Bangladesh

Cox's Bazar (Bengali: কক্সবাজার Kaksbājār)

Is a town, a fishing port and district headquarters in Bangladesh. It is one of the world's longest uninterrupted natural sandy sea beaches, The beach in Cox's Bazar is an unbroken 125 km sandy sea beach with a gentle slope. It is located 150 km south of the industrial port Chittagong. Cox’s Bazar is also known by the namePanowa, whose literal translation means "yellow flower." Its other old name was "Palongkee".

The modern Cox's Bazar derives its name from Captain Hiram Cox (died 1799), an officer serving in British India. An officer of the British East India Company, Captain Cox was appointed Superintendent of Palongkee outpost after Warren Hastings became Governor of Bengal. Captain Cox was specially mobilised to deal with a century-long conflict between Arakan refugees and local Rakhains. He embarked upon the mammoth task of rehabilitating refugees in the area and made significant progress. A premature death took Captain Cox in 1799 before he could finish his work. To commemorate his role in rehabilitation work, a market was established and named Cox's Bazar ("Cox's Market") after him.

Bangladesh is the land of nature because she is full of natural beauties. InBangladesh there are many attractions for the tourists around Cox’s Bazaar district. Inani beach is one of the most attractive and charming land. During the holiday many people even the students come to the place to enjoy the natural beauty. Actually Inani beach is famous for the rock and coral boulders; you will find big coral boulders in this beach. It is only 32 km from the main Sea-Beach.


Today, Cox's Bazar is one of the most-visited tourist destinations in Bangladesh. It has yet to become a major international tourist destination, and has no international hotel chains, due to lack of publicity and transportation. Recently, the Bangladesh Government formed the Tourist Police unit to better protect local and foreign tourists, as well as to look after the nature and wildlife in the tourist spots of Cox's Bazar.


You can plan a trip to Inani beach via Himchory for a half day or may be a full day sightseeing. The way to go Inani beach from cox’s bazar is full of mind blowing scenes of nature. The green hills stay in the east of the road and in the west the ultimate beauty of Bay of Bengal. Everybody become strange because the scene is very amazing, your mind will be with full of charm even before seeing Inani beach. All kinds of seashells are found on this beach with variation of colors and sizes. Tourists like to come here for relaxing and enjoying as it is free from the crowd of visitors who are typically seen at the Laboni beach.