{"id":177140,"date":"2021-11-19T01:06:22","date_gmt":"2021-11-18T19:36:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=177140"},"modified":"2021-11-19T01:06:22","modified_gmt":"2021-11-18T19:36:22","slug":"pasighat-can-be-states-tourism-capital-says-rural-tourism-advisor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2021\/11\/19\/pasighat-can-be-states-tourism-capital-says-rural-tourism-advisor\/","title":{"rendered":"Pasighat can be state&#8217;s tourism capital, says rural tourism advisor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>[Prafulla Kaman]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>PASIGHAT, 18 Nov:<\/strong> The state&#8217;s rural tourism advisor Raj Basu said that East Siang HQ Pasighat &#8220;can be developed as the tourism capital of the state.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Attending a workshop on &#8216;Destination management and hospitality&#8217; here on Thursday, Basu said that Pasighat town is connected to various central and upper Arunachal districts with road network and air connectivity.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;Pasighat area with rich natural bounties can be developed as a tourism capital,&#8221; he said, and suggested to the local communities to actively participate in the development process to attract tourists.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Emphasizing on promotion of homestay hospitality, Basu said that &#8220;the local residents can earn huge economic benefits through operation of homestay.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tourism Deputy Director Bengia Manna Sonam said that the state&#8217;s tourism department is working to boost the tourism sector through promotion of homestay hospitality. &#8220;The department has taken the efforts to rejuvenate the tourism-based economy in the state after the Covid-19 lockdown,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">District Tourism Officer Leena Perme urged the tour and homestay operators of the district to &#8220;participate in the department&#8217;s activities for promotion of their businesses.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">East Siang DC Dr Kinny Singh, who also attended the workshop, emphasized on creation of resources to make Pasighat area a tourist hotspot.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A team of tourism officials, including the department&#8217;s deputy director, along with waste management expert Kelvin Coutinho and others are visiting the state&#8217;s tourism destinations and tourist circuits.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The team will visit Siluk village in Mebo subdivision on Friday and conduct an awareness programme on rural tourism.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Prafulla Kaman] PASIGHAT, 18 Nov: The state&#8217;s rural tourism advisor Raj Basu said that East Siang HQ Pasighat &#8220;can be developed as the tourism capital of the state.&#8221; Attending a workshop on &#8216;Destination management and hospitality&#8217; here on Thursday, Basu said that Pasighat town is connected to various central and upper Arunachal districts with road [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-177140","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-state-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177140","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=177140"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177140\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=177140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=177140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=177140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}