GUWAHATI: North
East India is gifted with resplendent natural beauty and home to scenic sports
and places of interest,which are still unexplored by even the avid travellers. The lack of proper connectivity has left the region less known to the world about its beauty that is simply outstanding and treasure trove. Looking at the tourism importance, it has become more important for a proper development of road connectivity as well as air connectivity for inflow of both domestic and international tourists into the region said, deputy director general and regional director (North East India) India Tourism Sanjay Shreevast at press conference on the North East India Festival Scheduled on November 8.
Shreevats also
highlighted the importance of Guwahati, which is the gateway to the regions
need to be promoted for better tourism perspective, with all the efforts from
all the concerned.
“One of the major problems for tourism
development is the connectivity. Airways and roadways both has to be improved so
that is becomes more convenient for tourists to travel in the region. During
the bad weather season, the roadways are highly affected by the landslides
which make the travel problematic. This needs to be improved, “Shreevats said.
“NE or North
East also need better air connectivity. There is high dependency on helicopter flights in Arunachal Pradesh and
other place, but it is not safe. Once Arunachal Pradesh chief minister died in
a chopper accident. These are the things one need to look into. We have to
supplement the efforts and come together to highlight the importance of the
region. North East Festival is an important platform and the first edition of
the event would service as an important platform in projecting the region as
paradise that needs exploring. The festival would prove beneficial for the
region as it would feature and showcase the various aspects of North East India
to the world.
The North East
Festival, which is going to be held in New Delhi will showcase the various
aspect of tourism, cultural, traditional heritage of the North East, with the
vision to create awareness about the region among the people. Various
programmes like entrepreneurship, skill development, problems faced by students
from the northeast and other issues will be highlighted. The festival is to be
attended by some of the well known personalities from different fields.
The first edition of the festival is going to be
organised by Trend MMS, a cultural trust, in collaboration with the North East
MP's Forum, Union ministry for cultural affairs and with support from the Union
DoNER ministry. The two day festival will be organised at Indira Gandhi
National Centre of Arts. The festival is surely going to help the tourism
sector of North East India and benefit in the tourism development.
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