New Delhi, December 12:The Ministry of Tourism has undertaken the following steps to focus on the tourism potential of (including religious spots) the North Eastern region:
Releasing television campaigns on various TV Channels. A separate section on the North Eastern region included on the promotional website of the Ministry of Tourism www.incredibleindia.org.
The North Eastern region has been the theme of the India Pavilion at the South Asian Travel & Tourism Exchange (SATTE) organized annually in New Delhi for the past few years. Publicity material produced and distributed widely through India tourism offices overseas.
Development and promotion of tourism including religious tourism, are undertaken primarily by State Governments/Union Territory Administrations. The Ministry of Tourism, Government of India, however, extends financial assistance to State Governments/Union Territory Administrations for tourism related projects identified in consultation with them under various tourism schemes of the Ministry and subject to availability of funds.
Some of the major religious tourism places in the North East States are Arunachal Pradesh are Tawang/Ziro/Malinithan in Lekhanali/Rukhmininagar/Parshuram Kund in Lohit district in assam KamakhayaTemple/Barpeta/Hajo/Batadrawa/Majuli/Sivsagar/Tezpur/Kokrajhar/Dhubri Buddhist temple at Kaliani, Lekhapani.Manipur Kaina/Jiribam/Moreh/Thoubal/Senapati/Kakching/Ningthoukhong
Meghalaya is Matri Mandir Shillong, Mizoram the Baptist Church, Nagaland the Catholic Cathedral in Kohima, Nagaland in Sikkim the Chochen Pheri/old Rumtek in East Sikkim/Soreng in West Sikkim And Tripura the Tripural Sundari Temple the information was given by the Union Minister for Tourism Sh.K. Chiranjeevi in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today.(SP News)
