‘Tai tourist circuit’ proposed in Arunachal Pradesh

By Apekshita Sonowal
Arunachal
Pradesh’s Deputy Chief Minister, Chowna Mein suggested in creating a ‘Tai
tourist circuit’ apart from the Buddhist circuit in the Northeast India. The
idea is to attract Buddhist devotees and Tai tourists from around the world especially
from the South East Asian countries like Thailand as both the region share a
similar cultural and religious status.
The DCM proposed the idea while addressing at the inaugural session of the second edition of the North East India Festival 2022 at Central World, Bangkok in Thailand on Saturday. In the session, he spoke and highlighted about the “the tourism potentials and investment opportunities” in Arunachal Pradesh.
Image Source- Official Facebook page of DCM, Chowna Mein
The
festival was inaugurated by His Excellency, Mr Jurin Laksanawisit, Deputy Prime
Minister & Minister of Commerce, Kingdom of Thailand in presence of Hon’
union MoS for External Affairs, Shri R K Ranjan ji, HCMs of Nagaland Shri
Neiphiu Riu ji, HCM Meghalaya, Shri Conrad Sangma ji, Hon’ble Minister of
Tourism, GoAP, Shri Nakap Nalo ji, Ministers from Assam & Mizoram, H.E.
Ambassador of India to Kingdom of Thailand, Mrs Suchitra Durai ji and hosts of
other dignitaries from both the countries & NE Region.
The three
days festival was to showcase the cultural similarities between India &
Thailand and the cultural diversities of North East India as a whole in which
large delegates of Industrialists, Tour Operators & cultural troupes from
NE India participated.
“Arunachal
Pradesh has lots to offer to tourists in terms of adventure tourism, wildlife
tourism, spiritual tourism, ecological tourism, cultural/rural tourism and
leisure tourism because of its fastest free-flowing rivers and high terrains,
rich biodiversity, dense forests with unique flora and fauna, diverse cultures
and scenic beauties,” Mein said.
There are
26 major tribes and over 100 sub tribes of the state with their own distinct
cultures and traditions. These tribes have their own festivals celebrated throughout
the year which makes the region, a land of festivals and colourful dances where
one can experience different kinds of tribal cultures and taste different local
cuisines, the DCM added.
He also
said that, Arunachal is full of places for leisure activities, it offers some
of the most picturesque locations where one can spend their holidays, do sight-seeing,
stroll around the beautiful nature, experience snow fall, camping, road trips
etc.
Apart from
these, he spoke about the religious and cultural similarities between Arunachal
Pradesh and most South East Asian countries like Thailand. Buddhism is
throughout the place of Arunachal Pradesh which is a common religious belief in
Thailand as well. While the western part of AP i.e., Tawang, Dirang, and
Bomdila is and the central part i.e., Taksing, Mechuka and Tuting mostly people
practises the Mahayana Buddhism, the Theravada Buddhism is followed in the
eastern parts of AP which is at Namsai and Changlang, he said.
“Apart
from 400 years old Tawang Gompa of GelukpaSect and 400 years old Gompa at
Mechukha of NingmapaSect, Kongmukham (Golden Pagoda) in Namsai district has
become a popular tourist destination. Thousands of people mostly Theravada
Buddhist devotees especially Thai tourists visit this place every year,” he further
said.
He also said
that apart from investment in tourism and industry, Arunachal Pradesh has a
huge scope for investment in agriculture technology, agro-food processing
industries and hydropower sectors because of the large-scale production of good
quality agriculture products like Ginger, Turmeric, Large Cardamom, Oranges and
Kiwi and its capacity to generate more than 50,000 megawatts of hydropower, an
official communiqué informed.
“The state
government is committed to making Arunachal Pradesh an ideal investment
destination and is ready to provide single window clearance and necessary
approvals in a time-bound manner to investors,” Mein said.
Moreover
he said that in recent years, improvement in the road communication because of
the fast development of highways and air connectivity in prominent places across
the state have made the major tourist places like Pasighat, Tezu, Ziro, Aalo,
Tawang and Mechukha easily accessible to tourists.
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