The North Eastern State of Nagaland has immense potential in areas of wildlife and border tourism, according to Ajay Bhatt, MoS Tourism Ajay Bhatt, Minister of State for Tourism and Defence asserted that the Central Government is committed to improve the connectivity to all areas including the remote border areas to foster tourism.
‘The North East of India as a whole has immense potential to make rapid strides in tourism, ans State like Nagaland can explore opportunities in wildlife tourism and border tourism’, said Bhatt who was addressing the media on the sidelines of the inauguration of the 9th international tourism mart for the North East in Nagaland's capital Kohima.
Bhatt said that the Central Government is committed to improve the connectivity to all areas like Mansarovar, Umling La, etc., including the remote border areas which will ultimately foster tourism.
Around INR 193 crore has been allotted for Nagaland alone under Swadesh Darshan and other schemes of tourism infrastructure development in the last seven years. Arvind Singh, Secretary Tourism, Government of India also highlighted the immense potential for tourism in the North East region, especially in the ecotourism segment.
He said that it is the first time Ministry of Tourism has invited 50 University students from different parts of India for a study tour to Nagaland as part of ITM. He said the initiative is intended at enhancing knowledge about the region in the young generation. Around 50 buyers will interact with over 70 travel sellers of the North East region at the two-day travel mart.
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