The North East India Tourism Confederation (NEITC), a confederation of state-level associations of tourism stakeholders from the eight states which was unveiled here, announced they would approach individual state governments on the issue.
"We will facilitate field visits by embassy officials of those countries who have issued negative travel advisories to their nationals so that they get a first-hand knowledge of the region," NEITC president E B Blah told reporters.
The confederation appealed insurgent groups in the region to give tourism industry a chance by not harassing tourists who visit the unexplored regions of the country.
It also reached out to various social organisations to exempt tourism-related activities, including travel of tourists, from the purview of shutdowns.
Listing out their priorities, the confederation said it would interact with the Centre and state governments to develop tourism, collecting data, discourage unfair competition, promote fair trade and highlight problems faced by stakeholders in the tourism industry.
On the Inner-Line Permit (ILP), representatives from Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram and Nagaland said the mechanism had no adverse impact on tourism industry.
Nagaland Tourism Association president V Vincent Belho said local tour operators were at a loss and were yet to cope up ever since the lifting of the Protected Area Permit (PAP) from the state in 2011.
Arunachal Pradesh Tour Operators' Association president John Panya said no adverse impact due to the permit was felt and added the state government was simplifying the permit system, making it available online while stressing the regulatory mechanism was to safeguard for indigenous people.
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