Agartala, February 1 (TIWN): In order to draw more foreign tourist in Tripura, the Tripura Tourism Development Corporation (TTDC) is planning to implement few ambitious projects and master plans to develop the tourism infrastructure in the current financial year. “Eco-tourism in Tripura is being improved in a priority basis”, said a source of TTDC.

Tripura has witnessed sharp increase in foreign visitors’ arrival in last one year. In comparison to years before, Tripura tourism attracted 51 percent more foreign tourists last year, said the official source. “The state government earned over Rs.2 crore from the tourism sector during the last one year”, said the source.The visitors also started arriving in the state from the beginning of winter.  

“Around 7000 foreign tourists visited Tripura in the last financial year 2013-14. People’s love towards the foreign travelers, Tripura’s natural gorgeousness and some ancient terrorism including religious, heritage and ecological sites mostly attracts the foreign citizens to visit in the state”, said the source.

According to the source, the visitors must go Trishna Wildlife Sanctuary, Rowa Wildlife Sanctuary and Sepahijala Sanctuary to witness the rich wildlife of Tripura.

The source further said that for the people interested in religious places, a wide number of temples and buddhist shrines such as Tripura Sundari Temple, Kamalasagar Kali Temple, Bhubaneswari Temple, Buddha temple at Manu Bankul in South Tripura, Buddha Temple in Venuban Vihar in Agartala, Buddhist Temple at Pecharthal in North Tripura are there.

The source claimed that Tripura is adorned with a large number of attractive tourist sites. The northeastern state of Tripura is famous all over the world for its rich cultural heritage, beautiful palaces, wildlife sanctuaries, temples, museums. The capital city- Agartala has a number of interesting tourist attractions for the visitors to enjoy.

It is worthy to mention here that Tripura has a picturesque surrounding covered with hills and dales, sprawling green valleys and hilly brooks. The popular Tripura attractions are Kamalasagar Lake, Dumboor Lake, Ujjayanta Palace, Neermahal, Kunjaban Palace, Tripura Government Museum, Jampui Hill and Pilak.  The state is surrounded on the north, south and west by Bangladesh, on the north-east by the state of Assam and by Mizoram on the east.