A tourist guest house has been proposed at Mima village in southern Angami area of Kohima district, under Tourism department. After inspecting the site with minister of forest Dr. Nicky Kire and Vikho-o Yhoshu, MLA and in presence of well known village businessman Vilelie Khamo, parliamentary secretary Tourism C. Apok Jamir said the tourism potential of the village would be a boon for the department to become a reality.
Addressing a function to mark the occasion, Apok described the Village Bee Keeping Committee (VBKC) which used the rare traditional bee keeping method, as the best attraction for promoting tourism. Apok pointed out that nature was the strength of tourism and economic viability while the other was the unique Naga traditional practices. He urged the village to preserve traditional practice and to keep it alive as this was the uniqueness of Nagas. He also reasserted that Nagas were known for their hospitality, which was an attraction for tourists. He therefore urged the villagers to be kind and hospitable to visiting tourists and stressed on unity and cooperation for success of any development project.
He also suggested that villagers construct a view point at the site with traditional method using bamboo before the Hornbill Festival. While acknowledging the use of traditional bee keeping method, the minister also asked villagers to explore modern methods in order to know which was more productive for growth and marketing. Vikho-o Yhoshu, MLA of the area, thanked the minister of forest and the tourism parliamentary secretary for taking keen interest in Mima and expressed the hope that the tourist guest house would materialise soon. Vilelie Khamo well known Class-I contractor of Mima expressed optimism that the tourism department would do its best for the village and also the state.
Others who also spoke included Mima village chairman Neikeduzo Livi Angam and VBKC representative Kho-o Pfukha. Dr Nicky had procured the site for the village to establish tourist view point considering the potential of the village. The view point located at a vantage point evolved to the proposed guest house. The main attraction for tourism was the successful implementation of the “Honey Mission” in Mima village through traditional/ indigenous method. This attracted many tourists in the recent years and villagers now look forward to promote tourism by constructing tourist guest house village. Mima village was declared as Honey Village by the state government in 2006. The honey village has more than 2000 varieties of beehives where more than 4000 litres are harvested in a season.
The projected site has a mesmerizing view where on could see more than 40 villages and construction of resort at Thuwuzu valley (below the projected site) was also underway.