Manipur receives highest foreign tourists in NE

Source:   Hueiyen News Service HNS/Imphal, Aug 5: Among the northeastern States, Manipur received highest number of visiting foreign tourists in 2013. According to an official statement released on Tuesday, India's northeastern states saw a surge of foreign tourists in 2013 registering a growth of 27.9 percent over 2012 with Manipur leading the rest in terms of growth of Foreign Tourist Visits (FTVs).The Northeastern states had seen 12.5 percent growth in Foreign Tourist Visits (FTVs) in 2012 over 2011. The growth of FTVs in 2013 over 2012 was the maximum in Manipur (154.7 percent), followed by Arunachal Pradesh (111.2 percent), Tripura (51.2 percent), Nagaland (32.7 percent), Meghalaya (27.5 percent), Sikkim (19.7 percent) and Mizoram (7.5 percent). Assam witnessed the least growth in FTVs at just 0.5 percent.