The Ministry of Tourism promotes tourism in India through various initiatives, including events, social media handles and campaigns. Information on tourist destinations in the country is promoted through the Incredible India Digital Portal. Also, the Ministry of Tourism has launched the Incredible India Content Hub on the revamped Incredible India digital portal (www.incredibleindia.gov.in). The Incredible India Content Hub is aimed to be a comprehensive digital repository of high-quality images, films, brochures and newsletters which can be easily accessed by industry stakeholders (travel media, tour operators, travel agents) across the globe, required to amplify Incredible India in all their marketing and promotional efforts.

The Ministry of Tourism has been organizing the International Tourism Mart (ITM) in the North Eastern Region to showcase the tourism potential of the North Eastern States of India. The latest edition of ITM was held in Kaziranga, Assam, from November 26th to 29th, 2024.

The Ministry of Tourism, through its Central Institutes of Hotel Management (CIHMs) at Guwahati and Shillong, which are Autonomous Bodies, imparts professional education and training in hospitality to create a pool of manpower sufficient to meet the needs of the tourism and hospitality industry, both quantitatively and qualitatively.

In addition, the Ministry of Tourism, under its scheme Capacity Building for Service Providers (CBSP), has undertaken various skill development programs to provide education, training, and certification to tourism service providers covering different levels of the Hospitality sector. 

The Ministry of Tourism has sanctioned projects for the development of tourism-related infrastructure under the Swadesh Darshan, Swadesh Darshan 2.0, PRASHAD, and Assistance to Central Agencies for Tourism Infrastructure Development Schemes.

The Indian government has also sanctioned tourism projects under the ‘Scheme for Special Assistance to States for Capital Investment 2024-25’ (SASCI).

The details of projects sanctioned under the above-mentioned schemes in the North Eastern region are in Annexure.

Details of Domestic Tourist Visits (DTVs) and Foreign Tourist Visits (FTVs) to North Eastern States during 2023 are given below

S. No.

               States/UTs          2023

DTVs      FTVs

1             Arunachal Pradesh           10,40,601            4,496

2             Assam   76,12,720            23,818

3             Manipur               57,701   3,668

4             Meghalaya          13,71,674            19,973

5             Mizoram              2,09,087              3,754

6             Nagaland             99,720   4,725

7             Sikkim    13,21,169            93,908

8             Tripura  3,66,104              66,708

Total      1,20,78,776        2,21,050

Source: States/UTs Tourism Department

Effective and adequate connectivity is one of the important aspects of developing a tourist destination. For this purpose, the Ministry of Civil Aviation, Government of India, has launched the RCS-UDAN scheme, whose primary objective is to facilitate/stimulate regional air connectivity by making it affordable. The Ministry of Tourism has collaborated with the Ministry of Civil Aviation to extend financial support through Viability Gap Funding (VGF) under the Champion Service Sector Scheme (CSSS) to improve further connectivity to important tourist places, including Iconic sites.

The following routes from the State of NER have been included in Tourism RCS Routes.

Sl. No.   Route

1.            Dibrugarh to Dimapur

2.            Dimapur to Dibrugarh

3.            Dimapur to Imphal

4.            Imphal to Dimapur

5.            Agartala to Aizawl

6.            Aizawl to Agartala

7.            Dibrugarh to Imphal

8.            Imphal to Dibrugarh

9.            Hollongi (Arunachal Pradesh to Guwahati)

10.         Guwahati to Hollongi (Arunachal Pradesh)