Tuesday, April 18, 2023
Assam’s Chief Minister tweeted after opening a resort in Sonapur, “Over 1 crore tourists visited Assam in FY 2023, a record growth of 575%!”
“To augment better tourism infrastructure, I was glad to inaugurate a beautiful 200-room-resort built by the Mayfair Group near Guwahati. My best wishes to the management,” Sarma tweeted.
Padmapani Bora, MD of the Assam Tourism Development Corporation, stated that around 17.5 lakh domestic arrivals were registered in 2021-22.
According to Bora, Assam contributed almost 10 million of the 11.8 million tourists that visited the Northeast.
Earlier, Bora had said, “Assam’s tourism sector has recorded 511 percent and 763 percent growth in domestic and foreign tourists’ inflow, respectively in 2022 compared to 2021. In our new Tourism Policy, special focus has been given on EoDB and facilitating single window clearance for film tourism. We are going to implement the policy aggressively and promote Assam as the ultimate film tourism destination in consultation with the film fraternity and tourism stakeholders.”
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