Yes:
• While most of the festivals (including Hornbill Festival) in Nagaland occur towards the end of the year, the Hornbill festival has indeed contributed both directly and indirectly to year-round tourism. We can now see many districts observing various year-round festivals. For example, many districts/villages have now started observing festivals dedicated to fruits and vegetables, which for a state that vastly depends on agriculture, seems like a much-needed development. At this pace, we can see Nagaland becoming 'the Land of Festivals'.
No:
• Although there is scope for integrating every village in tourism map, due to lack of interest and no investment from the government, tourism is confined only to Hornbill Festival.
• Because the festival is concentrated only at one place. And tourism development in other parts of the state is zero.
• Hornbill and development go hand in hand in Nagaland. When hornbill comes a little road repair (lipstick), a little water spraying trucks on the road, beautifying Kohima and Kisama at its peak... That's the only time we see cleanliness and development. This clean up and namesake repair for the tourist is just for few days. It is like when a guest comes in your house you clean your house and repair same with hornbill and development. I would say this development thing and hornbill fake because all these are done for the sake to keep good impressions or else after December 1-10, it appears to its true colour no development, no cleanliness, full of ism. The world has 365 days Nagaland have only 10 days in a year for clean up, repair, beautification and development and to top that it's not even a proper repair it's like a girls makeup once you wash your face the reality haunts you.
• Hornbill is just Kohima centred festival and very seasonal. Glad that it has been extended to Mon. If tourism is to be promoted truly then every district and tribe should be given equal opportunity.
• It has no value coz Christ is much more valuable than our culture and traditions
• It is a white-wash development only during Hornbill. Permanent constructions are all centered to one location which is unaccessible to general population once the festival has ended. 10 days of merry -making doesn't provide stable employment opportunities.
• It is just a waste of tax payer’s money and only a few individuals benefit from it.
• Just a makes up for a days , soon it will wash off.
• Only 10 days and that too mainly for Kohima.
• Only 10 days of tourism, that is all I would say better to have to festival after every two years and use the money for the development of roads and infrastructure of the state. I wonder how many people are able to generate an income for their family through the festival.
• Only December 1 to 10
• The Hornbill Festival lights up Nagaland for ten vibrant days, but once the music fades and the stalls shut, the momentum isn't carried through the rest of the year. The state slips back into its quiet routine while the tourist flow drops sharply. The festival brings crowds, yes, but it hasn't built a steady year-round pull. There's no strong follow-up infrastructure, no consistent promotion of off-season experiences, and no long-term tourist circuits that keep visitors coming after December. It feels more like a seasonal burst than a sustained engine for tourism.
• The people in every part of Nagaland are so heart warming, but the infrastructure is extremely terrible even in Kohima and Dimapur, forget other places. There are no decent hotels. The ones available are so expensive with poor facilities and awful bathrooms. With tourism facilities, it has just to create the name while benefits are taken by only few select stakeholders
• There is no year-round tourism, it only happens during the time of the Hornbill festival. One reason could be the PAP restriction.
Others:
• It is high time the state government, should realise that too much dependency on Hornbill festival is not healthy in the long run. They must diversify their scope.
• Of course, there is room for improvement for Nagaland tourism. Hornbill Festival is a premium soft power for the Nagas without which the world will not know what Nagaland is. My only suggestion is that the Hornbill Festival should encompass the ancient Naga practice of drama or skits which will help in ensuring the youth and tourists have informed knowledge about our culture.
