The Assam forest and tourism minister Rockybul Hussain, recently, announced that a new constitution and budget for the state tourism industry is being drafted. He said that the plan will include all institutes related to the hospitality industry

Organising an awareness rally with film personalities like Nipon Goswami, Barasha Rani and Nishita, ATDC showed a new horizon in tourism industry. The state forest and tourism minister Rockybul Hussain and MC Malakar, Cuncolim Civic and Consumer Forum (CCCF) Assam were also present at the occasion. The guests and the host participated in a rally, which was flagged off by the minister and supported by the school children and children of SOS village, a home for destitute kids.
"Assam is always top with its diverse floras and faunas and this time the state assembly is going to pass new resolutions in the next cabinet to uplift the tourism industry for the first time. We made new constitutions and new budget for the industry and it will include all the institutes related to the hospitality industry," announced Hussain.

The film artists participated in the awareness camp and staged road shows to generate awareness among public. The artists said that cinemas can help the tourism industry as Assam has more locations to shoot for movies than other parts of the country. The artists insisted the Assam government and the public to make an static arrangement for the preservation of the national heritage like rhinos, Majuli and Deepor beel. Speaking on the migratory birds den, Deepor beel’s devastating situation, the minister Hussain informed that the state government has passed new policies to protect the wetlands of the state, which will include public-private partnership (PPP) effort for the first time.


Declaring the state as a heritage site with unique tourism potentiality, the minister of development of north eastern region, Mani Shankar Aiyer, welcomed visitors to invest in the tourism sector a few days back during the fourth NE Business Summit 2008. Following this instructions, the state government has pulled out new policies to make the tourism industry of the state a new platform for revenue generation and employment solutions. "We have a growth of tourist at around 38 per cent since 2001 till date and we hope with the recent developments it will grow to the highest ever, within next few years to come. Our new venture of cottage tourism has already picked up interest in tourists," said Hussain.


However, the film personalities and the participants also request the minister to take solid steps and make arrangement to save Asia’s biggest river island Majuli in a better way.