And there are tourist demands and expectations about food, culture, religion and gender. Khasi, Jaintia and Garo culture risks becoming commercialised and commodified as something quaint for the tourist gaze, rather than living and real.

I don't know how I feel about it.

April 11, 2026 - 07:04 UTC

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On one hand, tourism helps preserve the land; Costa Rica is a superb example of how ecotourism makes forests more valuable as forests than as wood. Ecotourism pays and people need the money. The Seven Sisters are astonishingly biodiverse and the more protection that gets, the better.
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On the other hand, I love how good Meghalaya is for women. Women are valued in their own right and as necessary for inheritance. Baby girls are cherished as heirs. Women are educated, own businesses & walk the streets safely. This is not something that can be taken for granted in the rest of India
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