India’s North East: Paradise Unexplored

With North East all set to establish itself as the next tourism hot spot, the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) organised a conference in partnership with the Ministry of Development of North Eastern region (DoNER), North Eastern Council (NEC) and As

The tourism sector is one of the key sectors identified in the NE vision 2020 towards achieving an encom- passing development of the region. With this vision in mind, TATA Consultancy Services, in consultation with the North Eastern Council, prepared an integrated mas- ter plan for the region. As part of the 10-year plan, which was unveiled at an event in Delhi recently, the region will now have a new marketing tagline of its own: Paradise Unexplored. The key objective of the workshop was to explore and brainstorm short term actionable agenda based on the comprehensive study done by TATA Consultancy Services. Experts at the workshop deliberated on the development of tourism sector in the region and discussed infrastructure, policy integration, skill develop- ment, capacity building and destination promotion to promote North East as a potential tourism hub and explore ways to position North East on the tourism map of the country.