Union Budget 2014-15 likely to have special tourism package for North-East

Union minister of state in Ministry of Home Affairs, Kiren Rijiju has requested the Tourism Minister, Shripad Yesso Naik to devise special tourism package for Arunachal Pradesh and North East in the budget this year. Even Prime Minister, Narendra Modi during his recent visit to Bhutan said India and Bhutan could together form a holistic approach to tourism, and develop a circuit combining India’s North-Eastern states and Bhutan.

In 2010, the region attracted around 60 lakh tourists and in 2011, roughly 70 lakh tourists visited the region.