AN OVERVIEW OF MIZORAM TOURISM: PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS

Abstract

Ample natural beauty, strategic location, scope for international trade, possibilities for adventure tourism, and favorable conditions for rural tourism the state Mizoram can be mentioned as important tourist destination in future. Impact of tourism in the state economy is still very negligible and industrial set up for the development is also not up to the mark. Hence the state has better opportunity to develop tourism as an alternative source of earning instead of planning the mega industries. Since tourism is considered as labor intensifying industry, hence it can create job opportunities for the local to reduce pressure of the unemployment. It might be a good financial source for the state government also. To succeed all these, it sought to have a systematic study including all the aspects of tourism. A thorough study can help Mizoram tourism and it is pertinent to find out its potentials and suitability for the development of tourism in the state. The present paper is an attempt to study the overall scenario based on empirical observations