The Research, Innovation and Extension Cell, Government Aizawl College, in association with the Tourism Department, Government of Mizoram, successfully organised a webinar on Mystical Mizoram - Reviving Tourism Challenges and Way forward on the 2nd September 2021 at 8 pm. The topic of the webinar was “Responsible Tourism: Mizoram Perspective” and Dr Rajdeep Dep, Assistant Professor, Department of Tourism & Hospitality Management, Mizoram University was the speaker.
The programme was hosted by Dr. R. Lalrinchhani, Deputy Director, Tourism Department, and began with a keynote address from Prof C. Sangluaii, Principal, Government Aizawl College. In her address, the Principal highlighted the importance of tourism industry in today’s world as the source of employment opportunities and income generation.
It was a very informative webinar as the speaker enlightened the audience with a wide range of topics such as economic importance of tourism, potentiality of tourism in Mizoram, issues on sustainable tourism, environmental impact of tourism, quantitative and qualitative tourism, responsible tourism and appropriate behavior of stakeholders for sustainability of tourism industry etc.
A total of more than 350 participants comprising of organisers, students, faculty of the college etc. attended this webinar. The session witnessed an animated discussion and interesting responses from participants where several questions related to the topic were raised and answered. The session ended with a vote of thanks from Ms. Rachel Lalrinhlui, Tourist Officer, Tourism Department, Government of Mizoram. The session was livestreamed and uploaded on the college official YouTube channel, Govt. Aizawl College Official.
