A promo video about Assam Tourism prepared by Assam Tourism Development Corporation, Govt of Assam. Assam, popularly known as the Land of Red Rivers and Blue Hills is also the sentinel of north-east India and gateway to the North-Eastern States. The State is close to India's international borders with Bangladesh and Bhutan. Assam is surrounded by Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh on the north, Manipur, Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh on the east and Meghalaya, Tripura and Mizoram on the south. Agriculture occupies an important place in the economy of Assam. The principal food crop is rice. The cash crops are jute, tea, cotton, oilseeds, sugarcane, potato, etc. Assam produces a significant part of the total tea production of the world. Noteworthy horticulture items are orange, banana, pineapple, arecanut, coconut, guava, mango, jackfruit and citrus fruits. The State has five National Parks and eleven wildlife sanctuaries. The Kaziranga National Park and the Manas Tiger Project (National Park) are internationally famous for the one horned Rhino and Royal Bengal Tiger respectively. There are various important traditional festivals in Assam. Bihu is the most important and common and celebrated all over Assam. Durga Puja is another festival celebrated with great enthusiasm. Muslims celebrate Eids with much eagerness all over Assam. Assam is known as one of the most popular tourist spot of India. For the purposes of tourism there are wildlife preserves like the Kaziranga National Park, Manas National Park, Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary, Dibru-Saikhowa National Park (Dibrugarh- Tinsukia), among others. Apart from wildlife preserves there are many historical places in the state like Rang Ghar, Talatal Ghar of Sivasagar, Kareng Ghar of Gargaon, Agnigarh of Tezpur, Madan Kamdev archeological site of Kamrup etc. Cultural places are mainly great temple of Kamakhya, pilgrimage place Hajo, the great Vaishnava Satras of Majuli and Barpeta and many more.

• published: 19 Nov 2013
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