The North Eastern state of Assam is witnessing fresh boost in tourist arrival to the state. After a lull of several years, mainly due to insurgency problems in the state, the tourist traffic is back into the state giving fresh hope to local people.
State Tourism department is planning new amenities in popular tourist spots to support tourist arrivals. At the same time, possibility of developing newer tourist destinations are also being considered.

The state is most famous for its natural heritage. Assam has five National Parks in the State and 18
wildlife sanctuaries and two bird sanctuaries. It has adequate provisions for accommodating substantial number of tourists. There are provisions for jeep and elephant safaris, trekking in jungles and bird watching among other activities to meet the varying interests of the tourists.

Eco-tourism is also expected to take up increasingly important role in the coming days. Five sites has been identified in the state where eco-tourism will be promoted with the help of the North East Council (NEC). The places are Dibrugarh, Naogaon, Kaziranga, Dhubri and Bongaigaon.The efforts of various Government and private agencies has started bearing fruit as is evident from increasing number of tourists in the State. But the most significant development in this respect is the gesture towards involving the private operators in the scheme of things. The ATDC and Assam
Tourism, are looking into developing meaningful partnerships with private sector for developing
state's tourist amenities like accommodation, transport, etc.
The effort to promote other sanctuaries rich in invaluable bio diversity and endangered species has
resulted in the attention being focused to Pabitora Wildlife Sanctuary, Bhalukpong Sanctuary among others. Kaziranga and Manas National parks are already in world heritage site and have enjoyed their share of publicity and attention. Though each and every National park and wild life sanctuary of the State has certain uniqueness in itself, in general they abound in some of the rarest species of flora and fauna. The other notable effort in this direction is the effort to popularize the festivals like Rangoli Utsav. Bairabi VC has made it known that for the sake of the people living in the area, the Mizoram government should act expeditiously to smooth out the misunderstanding that has arisen between Mizoram residents and Assam residents.