Issues And Challenges Of Sustainable Tourism Development In Eastern Himalaya

Abstract

Tourism is an important and flourishing industry in the country. It is termed as a useful measure for employment generation, poverty alleviation and sustainable human development in India. The present paper analyze the problem and prospect of north east India tourism development and highlight the perception of the national planners on Five Year Plans as reflected tourism management of the country. This research works suggest that the present process of tourism development adopted by government in various corner needed to revise towards the basis of community participation, which can become overwhelm tools for sustainable tourism development and, endorse local self-government to play more proactive and decisive role to step forwards democratizing tourism management dealing with the challenges which create it more sustainable and equitable benefits of the economy.