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Tourism

Tourism has become an important industry in many countries of the world, both in the east and the west. Various initiatives are being taken by the Government and other organizations to promote tourism here. Every year the number of visitors to Assam has been steadily increasing. The state has unparalleled tourist attractions like wildlife sanctuaries, adventure tourism, eco-tourism, hill stations, lakes and places of historical heritage. There are five national parks and fifteen wildlife sanctuaries in Assam. The famous species of one horned rhino is found only in Assam. It has many Golf Fields and offers a huge potential in sports tourism. Assam's natural landscape, lush green forests, wild life sanctuaries, pilgrimage spots and tea gardens offer a wide choice to cater to the tastes of a variety of tourists from the casual sightseer to the adventure tourist. With the withdrawal of the Restricted Area Permit (RAP), tourism is poised for a major boom. The Government of Assam came up with the Assam Tourism Policy2008 with the following objectives:

• To place tourism sector on a high priority in the economic development of the state.
• To harness tourism potentials to make it environmentally sustainable, socially culturally enriching and economically beneficial.
• To create awareness and evolve suitable institution arrangement for effective participation of the people.
• To improve quality of the existing tourism products.
• To promote infrastructure of international standard.
• To devise long term human resource development strategy.
• Encourage Public-Private Partnership in tourism development.

The Assam Tourism Policy, 2008 has added to the enthusiasm amongst the entrepreneurs and has also attracted big players like Indian hotels Company Ltd (Taj group) to set up a 5 star hotel in Guwahati. Many more such projects are in the pipeline." Guwahati airport has emerged as one of the busiest airports in the country with almost all domestic airlines connecting Guwahati and other airports of the state virtually to most of the major metros of the country.

Name of National Parks

Name of Widlife Sanctuaries