Kohima| December 3 : This year edition of the Hornbill Festival of Nagaland registered a huge turn out of both foreign and domestic tourists. The tourists are mostly from England, Poland, Israel, Japan, Thailand, US, Italy, Germany, Ireland, Austria, Hawai, Myanmar, Vietnam, Lous. Parliamentary Secretary for Tourism, Yitachu stated that the response to the Hornbill festival was very good this year but the state could hardly absorb 20 to 30 percent of the tourists who expressed desires to come to the state despite there was an increased of 30 to 40% in accommodation this year through private players. Altogether 149 foreign and 1241 domestic tourists were registered on the first day, 120 foreign and 985 domestic tourists on the second day against 20,000 local visitors on the first day and local 17,000 visitors on the second day.
