Dhaka, March 29 -- Cox's Bazar beach, the longest natural sea beach in the world, is now experiencing a severe dearth of tourists for the holy month of Ramadan, reflecting dull business in the tourism industry there.

During a recent visit, this correspondent found only a handful of visitors strolling along the Sugandha, Labani and Kalatali points of the beach.

Amid the scanty flow of tourists, officials and employees at the hotels, motels and restaurant are whiling away time.

The small businesses that are stationed on the sandy beach are not passing their usual busy time.

Basically, tourist flow to Cox's Bazar since the beginning of Ramadan has been quite negligible.

Chairs lined up in rows on the sandy beach are lying empty in the m...