Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma announced plans to enhance the state’s tourism industry through a comprehensive five-year Tourism Master Plan. With nearly six crore visitors in the last decade, the state aims to focus on expanding rural tourism, creating livelihood opportunities, and ensuring sustainable growth.
The Tourism Master Plan will emphasize promoting lesser-known destinations, enhancing tourism infrastructure, and involving communities in tourism-related activities. Assam intends to showcase its natural beauty, wildlife, cultural heritage, and spiritual sites to attract both domestic and international tourists.
Investing in rural tourism is seen as a strategy to diversify tourism offerings, create employment in villages, and foster local entrepreneurship. The government’s efforts to improve connectivity, upgrade tourist facilities, and promote festivals aim to position Assam as a prominent tourism destination in the Northeast.
Chief Minister Sarma views tourism as a key sector for driving economic growth, particularly through eco-tourism, heritage tourism, river tourism, and wildlife tourism. The state government’s sustainable development approach focuses on balancing infrastructure expansion with environmental conservation and community welfare.
The new five-year roadmap seeks to build on the progress of the past decade and enhance Assam’s reputation as a growing tourism hub. The goal is to ensure that the economic benefits of the sector extend to rural communities statewide.
