Itanagar: Arunachal Pradesh tourism department's representatives recently participated in the first Global Responsible Tourism Summit.

The Summit was hosted by Kerala Tourism at Kumarakom from Feb 25-28.

During the summit, Arunachal’s Tourism Deputy Director Bengia Manna Sonam made a presentation on her department’s initiatives for promotion of community-based tourism and responsible tourism “as a tool to empower rural communities", reports The Arunachal Times.

She also highlighted the initiative of documenting the intangible cultural heritage of the state.

Sonam informed that Chullyu, a small village in Lower Subansiri district, “has been adopted under the RT initiative for initiating community-level activities and developing strong tourism-community links to raise the standard of living and empower the marginalised.”