Tourism Secretary Bhuvnesh Kumar highlights Northeast`s vast tourism potential
Speaker 1: North East is an amazing place
Speaker 1: As we see from here, many people are not even aware, they think it's a small area, but I have traveled there. It's huge and there is wonderful potential. You can travel to each state and spend days. I mean, most people would know only Guwahati and Kaziranga or Shillong, but the moment you travel out, you go to Bomdila, you go to Dirang, you go to Walong, you go to Kaho, Kibithu, go to Bumla Pass, and then maybe on the other side, you can go to Tripura, you can go to
Speaker 1: to say Unakoti or maybe Mokokchung or Wokha apart from Kohima and maybe in Loktak Lake in Manipur. So so many places to travel in northeast and spend a lot of time. It has a huge tourist potential.
Speaker 2: So which are the economic areas where Northeast can really propel the Indian economy forward?
Speaker 1: So, Northeast is gearing up in a lot of things. We've had investment conferences recently. But I would say I think the natural potential of the area should be utilized the best and that is what the most states are working on and they are engaging in many activities. For example, Mizo festival is getting started this year. The train has reached and number of people now reaching Aizawl is increasing and they are gearing up to create that infrastructure for those kind of areas. So,
Speaker 1: With the rail connectivity improving in the northeast, the tourism potential is going to get exploited.
