Kashmir is hardly a tourist haven anymore. In Goa, there is still a semblance of order. It is not common to recover automatic weapons, RDX from train, car searches. The other day, RDX recovered from the Guwahati train had the potential to cause a major disaster. What right thinking tourist would want to risk their life?
This is from the Aust Govt travel advisory ( http://www.smartraveller.gov.au/zw-cgi/view/Advice/india )* North-eastern states of Assam, Nagaland, Tripura and Manipur:* We advise you to reconsider your need to travel to the north-eastern states of Assam, Nagaland, Tripura and Manipur. If you do decide to travel to these areas, you should exercise extreme caution. Armed robbery, kidnapping, extortion and terrorism occur frequently in these states. Insurgent groups have attacked civilians and bombed buildings. There is also a risk from insurgent groups in rural areas of these states. Public transport, including buses, trains and railways, police stations and markets have been targeted in terrorist attacks in the north-east, including in Karbi Angalong and Guwahati, the largest city in Assam. On 8 and 9 November 2010, a series of attacks across Assam killed 23 people, including at markets and on an inter-district bus. In April 2009, a series of bomb attacks in Guwahati killed six people and injured over 20. In late October 2008, a series of explosions in Assam, including in Guwahati, killed more than 70 people and injured hundreds. Check out the travel advise from the British Govt on NE India http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/travel-and-living-abroad/travel-advice-by-country/asia-oceania/india Foreign travelers do look onto the information their Govt provide on the websites about the threat perception when visiting other countries. JS On Sat, Jun 18, 2011 at 2:43 AM, Pragyan Tinsukia College < pragyan.ts...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear > Jyotirmoy, > Even in Tourist haven like Goa or in Kashmir they are not save. Even though > every day these spots attracts thousands of Tourist. Even in Delhi, > foreign women get rapped . So , T don't think ours is a worst place than > these. But, yes, what we lack is proper infrastructure and positive > attitude > to marketing our places. > > Sushanta Kar > > On Sat, Jun 11, 2011 at 5:49 PM, Jyotirmoy Sharma < > jyotirmoy.sha...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Appreciate the efforts of FASS promoting tourism in NE India but reality > is > > pretty harsh. Besides a few pockets of tourist interest, the region as a > > whole is not tourist friendly, terrorism being the prime cause. Lack of > > infrastructure is also a bottleneck, but it is something that can be > > addressed if the region is investor friendly. > > I would find it hard to find a person from the region who would have > > travelled extensively across all the NE states. Even an Axomiya speaking > > person would find it unsafe to visit all parts of Assam including the > Bodo > > belts, Karbi Anglong and Cachar hills. Just a few days ago there was the > > news of a police vehicle being ambushed in Garo hills where all the > police > > officers were killed. This is terrorism and no internet savvy western > > tourist would want to come to such a place where militants may be firing > > from the hilltops. > > Add to that the border strifes that always carry on along Assam-Meghalya, > > Assam-Nagaland and Assam-Arunachal and the infinite number of bands and > > blockages that the region is so used to. So where does the tourist go? > > There > > is no guarantee that the tourist can reach the destination of his choice > be > > it Manas, Karziranga, Shillong, Cherrapunjee, Aizawl, Loktak or > elsewhere. > > Sad but true. > > > > JS > > _______________________________________________ > > assam mailing list > > assam@assamnet.org > > http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org > > > > > > -- > > Sushanta Kar > Executive Editor , Pragyan > **** **** ****** > Read and Write in PRAGYAN > Web: http://sites.google.com/site/pragyan06now > , > Blog: http://pragyan06now.blogspot.com/ > A Quarterly Journal of Academic, Intellectual and Career Pursuit from > Tinsukia College. > We believe not on the Bondage of knowledge, But in Its Freedom. > _______________________________________________ > assam mailing list > assam@assamnet.org > http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org > _______________________________________________ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
