PROMOTION OF TOURISM IN NORTH EAST

Promotion of Tourism
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11:46 IST
Lok Sabha

24 JULY 2009

The number of domestic and foreign tourist visits to the North-Eastern states of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura during the years 2005, 2006 and 2007 are given below: -

Year 2005 2006 2007

Domestic Tourist Visits 3518671 4457275 4726218
Foreign Tourist Visits 36866 38572 43058

The Minister of State in the Ministry of Tourism Shri Sultan Ahmed said in the Lok Sabha today in a written reply that Providing of accommodation facilities to tourists is mainly a private sector activity. As on 31.12.2007, there were 739 rooms in 17 classified hotels in the North-Eastern States.

Development of tourism infrastructure at different places, including those in the North-East, is primarily the responsibility of the State government/ UT Administrations. However, the Ministry of Tourism extends Central Financial Assistance (CFA) to State government/ UT Administrations for tourism projects, under the scheme of Product/Infrastructure Development for Destinations and Circuits on the basis of proposals received from them which are complete in all respect as per the scheme guidelines, inter-se priority and subject to availability of funds. The amount and number of tourism projects sanctioned by Ministry of Tourism to North-Eastern States during 2006-07, 2007-08 and 2008-09 were as under: -

Year
Number of Projects
Amoun (Rs. in Lakh)

2006-07
73
Rs. 14570.22

2007-08
86
Rs. 17468.72

2008-09
76
Rs. 19737.55


The safety and security of tourists is also primarily the responsibility of State governments/ UT Administrations. Some of the states have deployed Tourist Police at important tourist destinations, in one form or the other.

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