Responsible Tourism in Northeast India | Community Tourism and Ecotourism

Visitors to Majuli Island in Assam can stay in simple homestays run by local tribal families helping in the enhancement of local culture.

Angami villagers of Dzuleke in the Naga Hills run a small tourism based homestay program benefitting both local economy and culture.

Manas Ever Welfare Society is a grassroots organization formed to conserve wildlife and engage in community based tourism.

Ngunu Ziro is a grassroots organization of the Apatani tribespeople engaged in community development and conservation.

Thembang in the mountains of Arunachal Pradesh runs a community based ecotourism project to assist wildlife and livelihoods.

Khasi families of Mawlynnong in Meghalaya have opened numerous homestays while the village also has a strong community program.

The Tai Phake community of Tipam and Namphake villages in Assam are using tourism to preserve culture and the rainforest.

The village of Nongriat in the forested Khasi Hills has a small tourism project to offer stay facilities to the few visitors coming by.

Few families of the Tangsa tribe have recently started homestay facilities as a means to promote their culture and environment.

The village of Touphema in the verdant Naga Hills has a small community based tourism model that assists the economy and culture.