A high and positive growth of 12.5 per cent was registered in Foreign Tourist Visits (FTVs) to North Eastern States of India during 2012 over 2011, which further rose by more than 100 per cent to register a growth of 27.9 per cent in 2013 over 2012.
Among the North Eastern States, highest growth in FTVs during 2013 over 2012 was observed in Manipur (154.7 per cent) followed by Arunachal Pradesh (111.2 per cent), Tripura (51.2 per cent), Nagaland (32.7 per cent), Meghalaya (27.5 per cent), Sikkim (19.7 per cent), Mizoram (7.5 per cent) and Assam (0.5 per cent).