Nagaland Tourism Association (NTA) feted founder and CEO of Pier Tours and president, Nagaland Association of Tour Operators (NATO), Kejaroko Pieru on receiving the “Best Ecological Entrepreneur” awarded by the International Eco-Tourism Society (TIES) at the 18th International Ecotourism and Sustainable Tourism Conference and B2B Networking and 3rd Eco-Tourism Award at Luxor, Egypt.
In a congratulatory note, NTA president, Vimeto Vakha said that the association was proud of the recognition and achievement, especially in the field of tourism, where an entrepreneur from Nagaland and Northeast received accolade at an international event.
Appreciating state government and Tourism department, the association pointed out that government can do many things to promote tourism, as the state has a lot of potentials to become an ultimate eco-tourism destination that can boost the local economy. To make it happen, Nagaland Tourism Association said government can frame the right polices and facilitate the stakeholders in the right way.
However, the association lamented that many tourism projects executed were not utilized and has not served the purpose of tourism. In this regard, Nagaland Tourism Association appealed to the government to give priority in developing more tourism oriented projects, capacity building, awareness programmes development of new destinations. The association also appealed to the tourism department to support the stakeholders in marketing, publicity etc as they were essential to promote tourism.