Reimposition Of Protected Area Regime In 3 Northeastern States Puts Tourism At Stake | OPINION

A protest against the Free Movement Regime in Mizoram.

Source : PTI

On January 22, the Nagaland government reiterated its demand to the Centre to review its decision to re-impose the Protected Area Regime (PAR). State minister KG Kenye expressed concerns that the PAR could adversely affect the tourism of the state, resulting in a diminishing of international tourists to the state. Recently, the Union Ministry of Home Affairs re-imposed the PAR in the states of Nagaland, Mizoram, and Manipur. PAR is a set of regulations established under the Foreigners