Shillong, Aug 20: The Meghalaya government has announced a major investment in the tourism sector, with the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (DONER) clearing Rs 220 crores worth of projects for tourism development in Sohra.
“For the first time the Ministry of DoNER has also cleared investment plans for the tourism sector. All this while it has always been the Ministry of Tourism and funding agencies like ADB, NDB but this year the union minister of DoNER Jyotiraditya M Scindia has cleared a total of Rs 220 crores projects for tourism projects at Sohra,” Tourism Minister Paul Lyngdoh told reporters on Wednesday.
He informed Scindia is likely to attend this year’s Cherry Blossom Festival and lay the foundation stones for few projects in and around Sohra upto the tune of Rs 220 crores.
Lyngdoh stated that these projects will focus on experiential tourism, allowing visitors to immerse themselves in village life and local culture.
The minister also announced the government’s decision for the creation of a ‘Heritage Resort’ at the sericulture farm at Lawsohtun.
“A couple of months back I had taken an inspection of our Textiles Complex located at Lawsohtun which is close to the Shillong Ropeway project and in the presence of officers of both the textiles and the tourism department, we have now gone ahead to push for the creation of a Heritage Resort which will be the oldest of its kind in the North East,” he said.
The resort will be developed on a 1925 sericulture farm initiated by the British, which is now a heritage project.
“To further enhance and elevate the experience of visitors to Meghalaya we will combine activities of both the textiles department and the tourism department in order to also cater to the potential rise of footfall in that region, once the Shillong Ropeway Project is completed hopefully in two years from now,” Lyngdoh stated.
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