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International Journal of Humanities & Social Science Studies (IJHSSS)
A Peer-Reviewed Indexed Bi-lingual Bi-Monthly Research Journal
ID: 10.29032
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Volume-XI, Issue-V, September 2025
Social Media and Development of Tourism in Manipur
Dr. Achom Roshan Kumar, Associate Professor, Dept. of Sociology, G.P. Women's College, Imphal, Manipur, India
Dr. R.K.Helen Devi, Associate Professor and HOD, Dept. of Sociology, G.P. Women's College, Imphal, Manipur, India
Dr. Chingangbam Newgold Devi, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Sociology, G.P. Women's College, Imphal, Manipur, India
Received: 06.09.2025
Accepted: 11.09.2025
Published Online: 30.09.2025
Page No: 58-64
DOI: 10.29032/ijhsss.vol.11.issue.05W.131
ABSTRACT
This article explores the potential role of social media in the development of tourism in Manipur, which is a landlocked state in the far north-eastern corner of India. The advent of smartphones, the internet, and social media applications in the 2000s has brought about unprecedented changes in the way people communicate, work, and entertain. By 2025, the number of social media user identities in the world is estimated to be 5.24 billion people, which equates to 63.9 percent of all the people on Earth. Such an explosive growth of social media provides a huge opportunity for a remote place like Manipur, and perhaps the whole northeast India, to capitalise by exploiting this emerging global trend. Social media is today used not only for communication between persons, businesses, and corporate houses but also serves as a major source of information on almost everything and anything that is happening around us. It has become a significant source of information on tourism, travel planning, vacations, travel experiences, video blogs, and related matters. Drawing from various published works, this paper examines the endless possibilities as well as certain drawbacks of using social media in promoting tourism. The paper also highlights challenges specific to the state while using modern social media technology in tourism promotion. If harnessed properly, it could ensure equitable and sustainable tourism development in Manipur.
Keywords: Destination branding, Digital marketing, Blogging, Social media influencer, Digital literacy.
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