Showing posts with label Multi-purpose project. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Multi-purpose project. Show all posts

Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Tourism in North East India: Think Beyond Money!


Logtak lake of  NE India's Manipur state, home to the critically endangered Dancing Deer. Instead of building theme parks, the focus of the govt should be on saving the natural ones and boost eco-tourism in the fragile region

This might sound big and wonderful: the union government has sanctioned, for the eleventh 5 Year Plan, Rs.566.40($56 million) crore to boost tourism in the North east India. According to union  tourism minister Subodh Kant Sahai,  tourism has huge potential in developing the region.