• Sandip Saha

The International organization BIMSTEC is the short form of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation, comprised of seven nations, namely Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Nepal and Bhutan, situated around the Bay of Bengal. BIMSTEC has a deep connection with Buddhism, originated in South Asia then travelled in South East Asia. In the early days Buddhist Education was very much limited within the members of the monastery, but later on it was open to all. Through ethical, intellectual and spiritual perfection, Buddhist education aims at a highest form of personality transformation. So the main goal of Buddhist education is to attain wisdom and distribution of peace. Buddhism talks about universal message of peace and tolerance. The historical and cultural linkages in BIMSTEC countries recognized the rich potential for development of tourism specially Buddhist tourism. Cultural understanding and cross border people-to-people exchanges and overall economic development may be done by development of Buddhist tourism. (International Finance Corporation [IFC], 2018). This article is an attempt to focus on the influence of Buddhist education and interrelationship among Buddhist education, peace and tourism and to highlight the promotion of tourism towards overall economic development of the BIMSTEC countries.

BIMSTEC, Buddhism, Tourism, Peace

"POTENTIALITY OF TOURISM DEVELOPMENT IN BIMSTEC COUNTRIES: WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO BUDDHIST EDUCATION", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 4, page no.79-88, April-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1904O14.pdf

"POTENTIALITY OF TOURISM DEVELOPMENT IN BIMSTEC COUNTRIES: WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO BUDDHIST EDUCATION", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 4, page no. pp79-88, April-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1904O14.pdf