Indian tourist officials have launched a campaign based on staying at plantation houses on tea estates in the northeast and south of the country. Over 500 tea plantations, many of them having accommodation for the visitors have been highlighted in the tea tourism campaign. It is expected that the overall number of arrivals from Britain will rise from 796,000 last year to more than a million this year and next. The campaign is focused on promoting tea tourism in different parts of the country where tea plantations also have proper accommodation facility for tourists.
The regions of Sikkim, Darjeeling and Assam in the northeast have the majority of plantations, while there are also tea estates with rooms in Munnar in Kerala. According to Sujit Banerjee, secretary of India's Ministry of Tourism, tourists can stay in one of the luxurious old colonial buildings and enjoy the ecstatic beauty of the tea estates. According to Sujit Banerjee average tea estates range in size from 100 to 500 acres. The Glenburn Tea Estate in Darjeeling offers accommodation for £100 a night.
