The Minister of State in the Ministry of Tourism, Sultan Ahmed yesterday, in a written reply to the Lok Sabha said that providing of accommodation facilities to tourists is mainly a private sector activity. As on December 31, 2007, there were 739 rooms in 17 classified hotels in the North Eastern States. The number of domestic and foreign tourist visits to the North Eastern states of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura during the years 2005, 2006 and 2007 are as follows: |