Centre keen to boost Tourism in North East

SymphoNE conference to create Tourism roadmap concludes

IndiGlobal Bureau

In a bid to give a boost to tourism in the North East region the Ministry of North Eastern Region organized a virtual conference ‘Sympho-NE’ on 24th and 27th September 2022. The effort is to create a roadmap to showcase the unexplored beauty of North-East India and appreciate the tourism sector in that region. It included ideation, discussion & formulation of the ideas & suggestions by thought leaders, policy thinkers, social media influencers, travel & tour operators and senior officials of the Ministry of DoNER and state departments.

SymphoNE aims to develop a one-stop solution to eliminate all obstacles that are being faced by the tourists, and the tour operators alike while carrying out the operations for the visitors while solving logistics & infrastructural bottlenecks, lack of awareness about the locations among the tourist and to spread necessary information among the people for marketing, promotional activities.

B.L. Verma, Minister of State for DoNER & Co-Operation in his video message, said that GoI under the visionary leadership of  PM Narendra Modi has been passionately working towards the development of North-East India with tourism sector being one of the core sectors and programs like Sympho- NE will serve as a milestone in the development of tourism potential in the region.

Harpreet Singh, Joint Secretary, DoNER, welcomed all the dignitaries and opined that Sympho-NE is a great platform to assimilate the best of ideas and best practices that would boost and unleash the potential of tourism sector in the north-eastern region.

R Lalrodingi, Advisor North Eastern Council, emphasized on the importance of ‘Skilled Man Power’ with technical training that would further enhance the tourism activities and showcase the ‘culture, adventure and nature’ of the North-Eastern region.

Mr. Kiran Gitte, IAS, Tripura Tourism Board, underlined the importance of creating a market economy to ensure sustainable tourism and making the North East, one of the most sought-after tourist places in the world.

Lok Ranjan, Secretary MDoNER, in his concluding remarks for the development of Sympho-NE, stated that north-east India is a beautiful paradise and with a common vision of the community as a whole, we could showcase the diversity and beauty of the north-eastern region.