Welcome to

The All Assam Tourism Festival at Jorhat from November 26 to 28, 2010,
takes you on an exploration of tea territory in its entirety.

The Strong and Exotic Assam …

Rich, green land of rolling plains of dense forests through which the mighty Brahmaputra charts its majestic course. A region of innumerable forests and sanctuaries, where elephants and one-horned rhinos roam sharing the habitat with swamp deer, wild buffaloes and tigers. On either side of the river, throughout the Brahmaputra Valley, lie more than 2,30,000 ha of lush green tea gardens. This region has rich alluvial soil and receive 200 to 300 cm of rain throughout the year. Tea grows in abundance both in the Brahmaputra Valley as well as in the Barak Valley which is in the southern region of Assam. The total production of tea in Assam is around 450 million kg per annum, which is more than 50 per cent of India’s total tea production. Reams of paper have been taken up describing the entire growing and manufacturing process of tea since ages. The British had set up the plantations in Assam by the sweat of their brow and today the tea industry is one of the most lucrative enterprises in modern history. With the discovery of tea in Assam, the export history of the country took a new turn. Assam and tea both are inseparable and the state is one of the largest tea producing states in the world.