Implication of SASEC Tourism Initiatives on North Eastern States of India: A Descriptive Analysis – SASEC Tourism

Implication of SASEC Tourism Initiatives on North Eastern States of India: A Descriptive Analysis – SASEC Tourism

Supriya Dam
Copyright: © 2017 |Pages: 19
ISBN13: 9781522520788|ISBN10: 1522520783|EISBN13: 9781522520795
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-2078-8.ch004
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Dam, Supriya. "Implication of SASEC Tourism Initiatives on North Eastern States of India: A Descriptive Analysis – SASEC Tourism." Tourism and Opportunities for Economic Development in Asia, edited by Patricia Ordóńez de Pablos and Zeyar Myo Aung, IGI Global, 2017, pp. 34-52. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-2078-8.ch004

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Dam, S. (2017). Implication of SASEC Tourism Initiatives on North Eastern States of India: A Descriptive Analysis – SASEC Tourism. In P. Ordóńez de Pablos & Z. Aung (Eds.), Tourism and Opportunities for Economic Development in Asia (pp. 34-52). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-2078-8.ch004

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Dam, Supriya. "Implication of SASEC Tourism Initiatives on North Eastern States of India: A Descriptive Analysis – SASEC Tourism." In Tourism and Opportunities for Economic Development in Asia, edited by Patricia Ordóńez de Pablos and Zeyar Myo Aung, 34-52. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2017. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-2078-8.ch004

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Abstract

India's North Eastern Region (NER) stretches from the foothills of the Himalayas in the eastern range and is surrounded by international borders with countries like Bangladesh, Bhutan, China (Tibet Autonomous Region), Nepal, and Myanmar. The landlocked region is constrained by a brief spell of insurgency, and dismal unemployment has affected the region's progress since 1947. The advent of the Look East Policy coupled with a number of South Asia sub-regional arrangements with neighboring countries opened a “Pandora's Box” for this region. The SASEC initiatives of ADB helped to improve the status of tourism and infrastructure, including roads, air connectivity, and also opened cross-border land routes and roads within the North East (NE). The present study takes stock of tourism development from a sustainability perspective and examines the implementation of the SASEC tourism project in eight NE States of India with a view to suggest priority areas for action for promotion of tourism in this region.

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