Tea Tourism In Sivasagar District Of Assam: Major Constraints And Its Future Opportunities
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Dr. Luhit Buragohain, Associate ProfessorJourna Name:
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Abstract:
Tea tourism is a wonderful recreational experience that satisfies the tourist while visiting tea gardens.Assam is globally recognized as the largest tea-producing state of India, and simultaneously it is a land of extraordinary historical wealth. Sivasagar District epitomizes this dual identity.The district today shelters iconic monuments such as Rang Ghar, Talatal Ghar, and Sivasagar Sivadol that draw heritage enthusiasts from across the world. Parallel to this architectural legacy, Sivasagar has been a cornerstone of Assam\'s tea industry since the mid-nineteenth century, with sprawling estates and thousands of small growers shaping its agrarian landscape. Yet, the tourism narrative of Sivasagar has remained confined to its monuments. The vast stretches of tea gardens, the colonial planter bungalows, and the lived culture of tea communities have not been woven into the tourist experience. This paper examines how tea tourism can be developed in Sivasagar by integrating it with the existing heritage circuit. The district\'s tea sector is not merely an economic entity; it is a cultural landscape where the history of Ahom settlement, British plantation enterprise, and the migration of Tea Tribes intersect.Through field-based observations and policy analysis, the study identifies that the absence of integrated marketing, infrastructural gaps, and regulatory hurdles have restricted tea tourism to a few isolated efforts. However, the prospects are substantial. Tea tourism in Sivasagar thus emerges not only as an economic opportunity but as a mechanism for cultural continuity and sustainable development.
Chicago:Dr. Luhit Buragohain, Associate Professor. "Tea Tourism In Sivasagar District Of Assam: Major Constraints And Its Future Opportunities " Example, Volume-4-issue-3-Year-Volume-4-issue-3-2584-2455. https://ijrtssh.com/wp-content/uploads/ijrtssh.vol_.4.issue3_114.pdf.