Aizawl, Oct. 14 -- Mizoram is looking at Bhutan as a possible model for managing tourism in the future, with the state considering greater restrictions and a focus on high-value, high-end tourists once the sector matures, state Tourism Minister Lalnghinglova Hmar said on Tuesday.

Hmar, however, said that Mizoram was currently at a "budding stage" of tourism development and could not immediately adopt such restrictions, as it first needed to attract more visitors and establish itself as a tourism destination.

"We would love to be like Bhutan, where there are lots of restrictions. It's a high-value, only high-end tourist (model), but we are not in a position to speak about that as of now," Hmar told a news conference on the sidelines of a...