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Spurred on by the worldwide Village/Rural Tourism-Homestay Tourism movement, Meghalaya is making rapid strides as a responsible and sustainable tourism product with an important social objective through people’s...

The Lepcha community, its original inhabitants got it spot-on when they named their land ‘Nye-mae-el lang’—the abode of the Gods. Demazong, or ‘the Valley of Rice’, as the...

Sikkim’s Tourism and Civil Aviation Department has issued an advisory—which is in alignment with the Sikkim Registration of Homestay Establishment Rules of 2013—emphasising that homestay owners are banned...

Odisha Tourism’s Eco Retreat Campsites have resonated very well with responsible tourists and are set to make even deeper inroads into the tourism arena.   The temptations of...

BIHU Assam’s three Bihu festivals celebrate its agricultural cycle: Bhogali/Magh Bihu in January marks the end of the harvesting season which is celebrated with a riot of music,...

Kharchi Puja  A ritual started by the kings in the month of July on the eighth day of the new moon, this seven-day festival is popularly known as...

Manipur is a land of festivities, merriment and mirth all year round. A year in Manipur presents a cycle of festivals. Hardly a month passes without a festival...