Cox's Bazar (Bengali: is a town, a fishing port and district headquarters in Bangladesh. It is known for its wide sandy beach which is the world's longest natural sandy sea. [2] [3] [4] It is an unbroken 125 km sandy sea beach with a gentle slope. It is located 150 kilometers south of Chittagong port industry. Cox's Bazar is also known by the name "Panowa", the literal translation of which means "yellow flower". Its ancient name was another "Palongkee". The modern Cox's Bazar derives its name from Captain Hiram Cox (died 1799), an officer serving in British India. An official of the British Company of the East Indies, Captain Cox was appointed Superintendent of Palongkee post after Warren Hastings became the Governor of Bengal. Captain Cox was specially mobilized to deal with a secular conflict between Arakan refugees and local Rakhains. The Captain was a compassionate soul and the plight of the people touched his heart. He undertook 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. But the work he had done earned him a place in the hearts of the people, and to commemorate his role in rehabilitation work a market was established and named after Cox's Bazaar ("Cox's Market").
Today, Cox's Bazar is one of the most visited tourist destinations in Bangladesh, but has not yet become a major international tourist destination, with no international hotel chains operating there due to lack of advertising and transportation.
