Union Home Minister Amit Shah will inaugurate a four-day event here on Sunday to highlight the Northeast region’s various potentials like eco-tourism, culture, heritage and business.
The ‘Destination North East-2020’ is a calendar event of the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region conceptualised with the objective of taking the northeastern region to other parts of the country and bringing them closer together in order to strengthen national integration, an official statement said.
The home minister will inaugurate the event through video conference while Union Minister for Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) Jitendra Singh will be the guest of honour.
For ‘Destination North East 2020’, the theme is ‘The Emerging Delightful Destinations’, which speaks of the tourism destinations emerging stronger and more attractive when the sector picks up momentum.
The programme focuses mostly on tourism and coincides with World Tourism Day which falls on September 27.
The four-day programme will feature audio visual presentation of the tourist spots of the states and the region, messages from State icons and achievers, introduction to prominent local entrepreneurs and virtual exhibition of handicraft, traditional fashion, and local products, the statement said.