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Tourism has emerged as one of the prospective sectors of industry in the North East. Expert foresees a more explosive growth in this sector in the coming decades. In order to further accelerate the development of the sector, the thrust area pursued during the Ninth Five Year Plan were- (a) development of infrastructure; (b) product development; (c) development of trekking, winter sports, wildlife and beach resorts, (d) exploring new source markets in regions and countries having cultural affinity; (e) environmental protection and cultural preservation of natural heritage projects; (f) launching of national image building and marketing plan in key markets; (g) providing inexpensive accommodation in different tourist centers; (h) improving service efficiency in public sector corporations; (i) streamlining of facilitation procedures at airports; (j) human resource development; (k) monitoring and evaluation; (l) strengthening of organization; (m) creating awareness and public participation and; (n) facilitating private sector participation in development of infrastructure etc.

The North Eastern part of India is almost another world. It is a place of magical beauty and bewildering diversity. A land nestled in myths and mysteries, lore and legends and in many tender dreams. A land where the summer rains drench the hills meeting the misty plains, where exotic wildlife haunts the jungles, where flow rivers like the Brahmaputra, the Barak and the Imphal and where the trains whistle into dark tunnels only to open out to breathtaking landscapes.

With more than 150 tribes speaking as many languages, this region is a melting pot of variegated cultural mosaic of people and races, an ethnic tapestry of many hues and shades. The folk culture is still vital in this region. The primitive culture of at least the neolithic age now co-exists with the modern and post -modern lifestyle. Well integrated with life and nature, the folk artworks have a common element of tune and tone.

Indeed, it's a virtual paradise for travelers, searching for continuous joy in Pilgrimage, Adventure, Culture, Nature, Heritage, Wildlife, Golf and Polo and many more. All these make a rich panorama. It's a land in the twilight of imagination and reality. It's a tourists' delight , anyway.

Though North Eastern Region possesses rich history, culture and scenic beauty comparable to any other developed tourist spot of the country, very few foreign tourists of the world are exploring this region.

State-wise Number of Domestic Tourist Visits, 2005 to 2022:

States	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022 (in Lakhs)
Arunachal Pradesh	335974	352067	385875	444005	512436	555639	42871	102915	2.224
Assam	4826702	5491845	5160599	6052667	4710617*	5447805*	1266898	1409161	83.820
Manipur	115499	146169	150638	153454	176109	167560	49669	49371	1.395
Meghalaya	716469	751165	830887	990856	1198340	1245633	24734	154409	9.371
Mizoram	68203	66605	67238	67772	76551	163762	30890	87232	2.184
Nagaland	58507	64616	58178	63362	101588	125949	10979	23968	0.974
Sikkim	562418	705023	747343	1375854	1426127	1421823	316408	511669	16.256
Tripura	361247	363172	370618	398669	414388	437201	127815	177816	2.356
NER	7045019	7940662	7771376	9546639	8616156	9565372	1870264	2516541
All India	1281952255	1431973794	1613551505	1657546152	1853787719	2321982663	610216157	677632981	17310.135

Contd.

States	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013
Arunachal Pradesh	50560	80137	91100	149292	195147	227857	233227	132243	125461
Assam	2467652	3268657	3436833	3617306	3850521	4050924	4339485	4511407	4684527
Manipur	94299	116984	101484	112151	124229	114062	134505	134541	140673
Meghalaya	375901	401529	457685	549936	591398	652756	667504	680254	691269
Mizoram	44715	50987	43161	55924	56651	57292	62174	64249	63377
Nagaland	17470@	15850@	22085@	21129@	20953@	21094	25391	35915	35638
Sikkim	251744@	292486@	329075@	460564@	615628@	700011	552453	558538	576749
Tripura	216330	230645	244795	245438	317541	342273	359515	361786	359586
NER	3520676	4459281	4728225	5213748	5774077	6168279	6376265	6480945	6679293
All India	391948589	462310177	526564364	562982298	668800482	747703380	864532718	1045047536	1145280443

@ : Revised domestic tourist visits for 2008; (*) Revised Figure

Source : India Tourism Statistics 2017, 2019, 2020, 2022 and 2023

State-wise Number of Foreign Tourist Visits, 2005 to 2022:

States	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022 (in Lakhs)
Arunachal Pradesh	10846	5204	5705	6598	7147	7653	7825	961	182	0.011
Assam	17638	21537	24720	12685	21760	15592*	26878*	7285	536	0.090
Manipur	1908	2769	3260	3064	3497	6391	13608	3139	648	0.039
Meghalaya	6773	8664	8027	8476	12051	18114	25813	2311	411	0.078
Mizoram	800	836	798	942	1155	967	2249	265	234	0.026
Nagaland	3304	3679	2769	3260	4166	5010	5577	518	325	0.029
Sikkim	31698	49175	38479	66012	49111	71172	133388	19935	11508	0.686
Tripura	11853	26688	34886	36780	69899	102861	154405	31877	5	0.085
NER	84820	118552	118644	137817	168786	212168	369743	66291	13849
India	19951026	22567650	23326163	24707732	26886684	28851130	31408666	7171769	1054642	85.876

Contd.

States	2005	2006#	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
Arunachal Pradesh	289	607	2212	3020	3945	3395	4753	5135
Assam	10782	10374	12899	14426	14942	15157	16400	17543
Manipur	316	295	396	354	337	389	578	749
Meghalaya	5099	4287	5267	4919	4522	4177	4803	5313
Mizoram	273	436	669	902	513	731	658	744
Nagaland	883	1002	936	1209	1423	1132	2080	2489
Sikkim	2677	3245	17498	19154	17730	20757	23602	26489
Tripura	16523	18026	3181	3577	4246	5212	6046	7840
NER	36842	38272	43058	47561	47658	50950	58920	66302
India	9939782*	11403661	13267273	14112590	14372300	17910178	19497126	18263074

Note : * : Estimated using all India growth rate

# : Provisional

(*) Revised Figure

Source : India Tourism Statistics 2017, 2019, 2020, 2022 and 2023

State-wise Growth rate of Domestic Tourist Visits, 2020-21 and 2021-22:

States	No. of Tourist Visit (In Lakhs)		Growth Rate
States	2021	2022	Growth Rate
Arunachal Pradesh	1.029	2.224	116.14
Assam	14.092	83.820	494.82
Manipur	0.494	1.395	182.59
Meghalaya	1.544	9.371	506.89
Mizoram	0.872	2.184	150.39
Sikkim	5.117	16.256	217.70
Tripura	1.778	2.356	32.50
All India	6776.330	17310.135	155.45
States	No. of Tourist Visit (In Numbers)		Growth Rate (%)
States	2020	2021	Growth Rate (%)
Arunachal Pradesh	42871	102915	140.06
Assam	1266898	1409161	11.23
Manipur	49669	49371	-0.60
Meghalaya	24734	154409	524.28
Mizoram	30890	87232	182.40
Nagaland	10979	23968	118.32
Sikkim	316408	511669	61.71
Tripura	127815	177816	39.12
NER	1870264	2516541	35.55
All India	610216157	677632981	11.05

Source: India Tourism Statistics 2022 and 2023

State-wise Growth Rate of Foreign Tourist Visits, 2020-21 and 2021-22:

States	No. of Tourist Visit (In Lakhs)		Growth Rate
States	2021	2022	Growth Rate
Arunachal Pradesh	0.002	0.011	479.67
Assam	0.005	0.090	1579.29
Manipur	0.006	0.039	503.09
Meghalaya	0.004	0.078	1791.48
Mizoram	0.002	0.026	1015.81
Sikkim	0.115	0.686	496.50
Tripura	0.000	0.085	169760.00
All India	10.546	85.876	714.26
States	No. of Tourist Visits (In Numbers)		Growth Rate (%)
States	2020	2021	Growth Rate (%)
Arunachal Pradesh	961	182	-81.06
Assam	7285	536	-92.64
Manipur	3139	648	-79.36
Meghalaya	2311	411	-82.22
Mizoram	265	234	-11.70
Nagaland	518	325	-37.26
Sikkim	19935	11508	-42.27
Tripura	31877	5	-99.98
NER	66291	13849	-79.11
All India	7171769	1054642	-85.26

Source: India Tourism Statistics 2022 and 2023

State-wise Percentage Shares and Rank of Domestic Tourist Visits, 2021:

States	No. of Tourist Visit	Percentage share	Rank in 2021
Arunachal Pradesh	102915	0.02	33
Assam	1409161	0.21	23
Manipur	49371	0.01	35
Meghalaya	154409	0.02	31
Mizoram	87232	0.01	34
Nagaland	23968	0.00	36
Sikkim	511669	0.08	25
Tripura	177816	0.03	30
All India	677632981	100.00

Source: India Tourism Statistics 2022

State-wise Percentage Shares and Rank of Foreign Tourist Visits, 2021:

States	No. of Tourist Visit	Percentage Share	Rank in 2021
Arunachal Pradesh	182	0.02	32
Assam	536	0.05	27
Manipur	648	0.06	26
Meghalaya	411	0.04	28
Mizoram	234	0.02	31
Nagaland	325	0.03	29
Sikkim	11508	1.09	13
Tripura	5	0.00	36
All India	1054642	100.00

Source: India Tourism Statistics 2022

State-wise Distribution of Classified Hotel & Hotel Rooms, as on 30th June, 2023:

States	5-Star Deluxe	5-Star without Alcohol	5-Star with Alcohol	4-Star without Alcohol	4-Star with Alcohol	3-Star	2-Star	1-Star
ARUNACHAL PRADESH
No. of Hotels	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
No. of Rooms	0	0	0	0	0	127	0	0
ASSAM
No. of Hotels	2	0	1	0	0	12	3	0
No. of Rooms	346	0	122	0	0	486	82	0
MANIPUR
No. of Hotels	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
No. of Rooms	0	0	0	0	0	28	0	0
MEGHALAYA
No. of Hotels	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
No. of Rooms	0	0	0	0	0	30	0	0
SIKKIM
No. of Hotels	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
No. of Rooms	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
TRIPURA
No. of Hotels	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
No. of Rooms	0	0	72	0	0	0	0	0
ALL INDIA
Total No. of Hotels	183	57	147	144	217	537	23	18
Total No. of Rooms	41661	5879	19477	5378	13578	7175	879	610

Contd.

States	Apartment Hotel 5-Star Deluxe	B&B- Gold	B&B- Silver	Heritage Grand	Heritage Classic with Alcohol	Heritage Classic without Alcohol	Heritage Basic	Total
ARUNACHAL PRADESH
No. of Hotels	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
No. of Rooms	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	127
ASSAM
No. of Hotels	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	20
No. of Rooms	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	1044
MANIPUR
No. of Hotels	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
No. of Rooms	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	28
MEGHALAYA
No. of Hotels	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
No. of Rooms	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	30
SIKKIM
No. of Hotels	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
No. of Rooms	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
TRIPURA
No. of Hotels	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
No. of Rooms	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	72
ALL INDIA
Total No. of Hotels	1	48	288	5	2	2	44	1716
Total No. of Rooms	80	283	1410	248	127	52	958	107795

Source: India Tourism Statistics 2023

State-wise Distribution of Classified Hotel & Hotel Rooms, as on 30th April, 2022

States	5-Star Deluxe	5- Star	4- Star	3- Star	2- Star	1- Star	Apartment Hotel	Time Share Resort	Heritage Hotel	B&B Establishment	Guest House	Total
Arunachal Pradesh
No. of Hotels	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
No. of Rooms	-	-	-	95	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	114
Assam
No. of Hotels	2	2	2	12	4	-	-	-	-	6	1	29
No. of Rooms	312	240	65	460	118	-	-	-	-	21	-	1216
Manipur
No. of Hotels	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	3
No. of Rooms	-	-	-	82	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	87
Meghalaya
No. of Hotels	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
No. of Rooms	-	-	50	30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	80
Mizoram
No. of Hotels	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
No. of Rooms	-	-	-	66	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	66
Nagaland
No. of Hotels	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	-	20
No. of Rooms	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	81	-	81
Sikkim
No. of Hotels	3	3	2	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11
No. of Rooms	128	203	45	53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	429
Tripura
No. of Hotels	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
No. of Rooms	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
All India
No. of Hotels	149	185	423	564	25	10	2	2	55	459	8	1929
No. of Rooms	35483	22498	20041	17209	922	294	297	253	1495	2304	96	100892

Source: India Tourism Statistics 2022

State-wise Number of Recognized Travel Trade Service Provider, as on 30 June, 2023:

State	Domestic Tour Operators (Experienced)	Domestic Tour Operator (Green Shoots)	Travel Agent (Experienced)	Tourist Transport Operators (Experienced)	Inbound Tour Operators (Experienced)	Adventure Tour Operators (Experienced)	Inbound Tour Operators (Green Shoots)	Adventure Tour Operator (Green Shoots)	MICE (Experienced)	Travel Agent (Green Shoots)	Tourist Transport Operators (Green shoots)	MICE (Green Shoots)	Total
Assam	8	0	1	0	12	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	23
Manipur	0	1	0	0	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	8
Meghalaya	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Sikkim	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Tripura	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5
All India	199	56	230	103	531	54	74	8	6	34	4	1	1300

Source: India Tourism Statistics 2023

State-wise Number of Recognized Travel Trade Service Provider during 2021-22:

(As on 30-06-2022)

State	Green Shoots/ Start Ups	Tour Operators	Travel Agent	Tourist Transport Operator	Total
Arunachal Pradesh	-	-	-	-	-
Assam	-	2	1	-	3
Manipur	2	2	-	-	4
Meghalaya	-	-	-	-	-
Mizoram	-	-	-	-	-
Nagaland	-	-	-	-	-
Sikkim	-	-	-	-	-
Tripura	-	-	-	-	-
All India	50	105	40	16	211

Source: India Tourism Statistics 2022