GUWAHATI, Sept 27: Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary in Assam recorded 35,371 visitors during 2025-26, state minister Jayanta Mallabaruah said on World Tourism Day on Sunday.
In a post on X, Mallabaruah said Pobitora was emerging as an important nature-tourism destination and stressed the need to link tourism with conservation and livelihood opportunities for communities living around forest areas.
The minister said the government was focusing on involving forest-fringe communities in conservation and creating opportunities in guiding and interpretation. He added that tourism experiences were being developed to help visitors understand the landscape and its ecology beyond wildlife sightings.
“Our aim is simple: tourism must strengthen conservation, and conservation must create opportunities for our people,” Mallabaruah said.
Located in Assam’s Morigaon district, Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary is known for its population of the greater one-horned rhinoceros and is among the state’s prominent wildlife tourism destinations.
