New Delhi, Aug. 23 -- Co-Founder of online travel platform EaseMyTrip.com, Rikant Pittie, met Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma and Tripura leader and erstwhile Royal Pradyot Bikram Manikya Deb Barma and outlined the tourism potential and recent growth in the northeast region.

At EaseMyTrip, bookings to northeast India have more than doubled in the past year, Rikant Pittie wrote on LinkedIn, attaching a photograph of their meeting.

Meghalaya welcomed a record-breaking 16 lakh tourists in 2024, their highest footfall ever. Meanwhile, Tripura saw 7.60 lakh visitors, up from just 5.29 lakh in 2018.

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