Laboni Point Sea Beach, Cox's Bazar

Cox's Bazar (Bengali: কক্সবাজার pronounced: [kɔksbadʒar]) is a bay-side city, a fishing port and district headquarters in Bangladesh. It is known for its wide and long sandy beach, which is considered by many as the world's longest natural sandy sea beach. The beach in Cox's Bazar is a continuous 120 kilometres (75 mi) sandy sea beach with a gentle slope. It is located 152 kilometres (94 mi) south of the industrial port of Chittagong. Cox's Bazar is also known by the name Panowa, whose literal translation means "yellow flower". Its other old name was "Palongkee".

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 because of the lack of publicity and transportation.

City:

Cox's Bazar municipality was constituted in 1869, eventually becoming a B-grade municipality in 1989. The municipality covers an area of 6.85 square kilometres (2.64 sq mi). Located along the Bay of Bengal in South Eastern Bangladesh, today Cox's Bazar City is a large port and health resort. But it is famous mostly for its long natural sandy beach. The municipality covers an area of 6.85 square kilometres (2.64 sq mi) with 27 mahallas and 9 wards and has a population of 51,918. Cox's Bazar is connected by road and air with Chittagong.

Tourist attractions nearby:

The beach is the main attraction of the town. Larger hotels provide exclusive beachside areas with accessories for the hotel guests. Visitors in other hotels visit Laboni Beach, which is the area of the beach closest to the town. In addition to the beach, there are several places of interest near the town, which can easily be visited from the center.

Aggmeda Khyang is a large Buddhist monastery and a place revered by around 400,000 Buddhist people of Cox's Bazar; and the Chittagong Hill Tracts. The main sanctuary is posted on a series of round timber columns. It has a prayer chamber and an assembly hall along with a repository of large and small bronze Buddha images and a number of old manuscripts.

Ramu, about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) from Cox's Bazar, is a village with a sizeable Buddhist population. The village is famous for its handicrafts and homemade cigars. There are monasteries, khyangs, and pagodas containing images of Buddha in bronze, gold, and other metals with precious stones. The temple on the bank of the Baghkhali river houses relics and Burmese handicrafts and a bronze statue of Buddha measuring thirteen feet high which rests on a six-foot-high pedestal. Weavers ply their trade in open workshops and craftsmen make handmade cigars in their pagoda-like houses.

Bangabandhu Sheikh MujibSafari Park is the first safari park in Bangladesh. The nature of the forest is tropical evergreen and rich with Garjan, Boilam, Telsur, and Chapalish along with herbs, shrubs, and creepers. Safari Park is a declared protected area where the animals are kept in fairly large areas with natural environments. Visitors can see the animals by bus or jeep or on foot. This park was established on the basis of the South Asian model. This safari park is an extension of an animal sanctuary along the Chittagong-Cox's Bazar road about 50 kilometres (31 mi) from Cox's Bazar town. The sanctuary protects a large number of wild elephants that are native to the area. In the safari park, there are domesticated elephants that are available for rides. Other animal attractions include lions, Bengal tigers, crocodiles, bears, chitals, and many different types of birds and monkeys.

Inani Beach (also Enani Beach) is a sea beach in Ukhia Upazila of Cox's Bazar District, Bangladesh, about 18 kilometers long. It has a nice view having a lot of coral stone. This coral stones look green and live in summer or in rainy season. But if someone want to enjoy to look a lot of coral stone then one should go there in winter.

Information Source: wikipedia.org