Assam governor Jagdish Mukhi inaugurated the 6th International Tourism Mart on Tuesday at hotel Taj Vivanta in Guwahati. Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal and union tourism minister K L Alphons attended the inaugural function.
The International Tourism Mart is an annual event organised in the North Eastern region with the objective of highlighting the tourism potential of the region in the domestic and international markets.
The tourism business fraternity and entrepreneurs from the eight North Eastern States participated in this event. The event has been planned and scheduled to facilitate interaction between buyers, sellers, media, Government agencies and other stakeholders.
Altogether 76 foreign Buyer delegates from over 29 countries namely Australia, Bhutan, Brunei, Canada, China, Combodia, Cyprus, Fiji, Germany, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Netherlands, Philippines, Portugal, Singapore, Spain, Tanzania, Thailand, USA, UK, Vietnam, Turkey, South Korea besides 50 domestic stakeholders in Tourism sector from other parts of the country and 86 sellers from the North Eastern States are participating in the two-day Mart.