Tourism in Nagaland has grown remarkably, reports NES 2022-23

April 21, 2023 124 Views No Comment

Our Correspondent
Kohima | April 21

Nagaland has now become one of the sought after prime tourist destinations in Northeast India, famous for its rich culture, diversity of tribal people and festivals.

Tourism offers great opportunities in the form of creating jobs, strengthening the local economy, contributing to local infrastructure development and helping to conserve the natural environment and cultural assets and traditions and reducing poverty and inequality.

This was stated in Nagaland Economic Survey 2022-2023, published by Directorate of Economics & Statistic, Government of Nagaland and tabled in the recently concluded 1st session of the 14th Nagaland Legislative Assembly in Kohima.

With the lifting of PAP (Protected Area Permit) on year basis, tourism in Nagaland has grown remarkably and is becoming a promising sector, sharing potential with other places in the country and the world.

Hornbill festival

The Hornbill Festival of Nagaland, also popularly known as the ‘Festival of Festivals’, showcases Nagaland’s rich culture.

It is organized by the Government of Nagaland mainly to encourage inter-tribal interaction and to preserve, protect and revive the uniqueness and richness of the Naga heritage.

During the 10 days festival held at the Heritage village Kisama, all the tribes of Nagaland come together to showcase their rich cultural heritage making a positive impact on tourism of the state.

In 2022, a total of 1,40, 299 visitors set foot at the mega festival from December 1-10.

Out of which, 90,860 were local tourists, 48,413- domestic tourists and 1,026 foreign tourists.

The last day recorded the highest number of footfalls on a single day with 22,546 visitors including 7,894 domestic and 67 international tourists.

Restaurants

During 2022, there were 375 numbers of restaurants and 145 numbers of Hotels registered under Tourism Department.
During the same year, 30 numbers of tourist villages, 33 numbers of tourist spots and 63 numbers of Paying guest/Home stay accommodation were registered.

The domestic tourist inflow during 2020 was 10979 which increased to 97431 during the year 2022, whereas the foreign tourist inflow during 2020 was 518 which increased to 2923 during the year 2022.