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Tourism Entrepreneurship: It's Role in Socio-economic Development of Western Assam. Dr. Phatik Chandra Kalita associate Professor HOD. Department of Commerce Bongaigaon College, Bongaigaon. Assam. Email: reachphatikkalita@gmail.com Tourism industry is considered as one of the oldest and is the largest and fastest growing industry in the world. Tourism is a multi dimensional industry which is characterized by the sectors like transportation, communication, tourist guide, hotel and restaurant etc. There are number of segments in the tourism entrepreneurship, like eco-tourism, green tourism, techno-tourism, agri-tourism, home based tourism (HBT), health tourism, religious tourism, educational tourism, cultural tourism, adventured tourism etc. The tourism and travel industry in the world has been dominating by the Europe and United State of America (USA). In a study it is found that almost half of the world tourists every year come from these two countries. The Tourism entrepreneurship has got higher priority in the development agenda of India after the inclusion of it in the General Agreement on Trade in 1994 (World Trade Organization, 2002). In India, this industry's direct contribution to the GDP is expected to record an annual growth rate of 10.35% between 2019 and 2028.The transformation process of the Indian economy has already been started from public sector to the private sector and further pro-poor (PPT Participation) to Public Private Participation. As a result of globalization and liberalization of the Indian economy it has been observed that there are radical changes in the service sector particularly in the tourism sector during the last two decades. The state of Assam is the gate way of the entire north eastern states and the South East Asian Countries. Geographically the state is divided in to three segments like, Upper Assam, Lower Assam and Uttar Assam or north bank of Brahmaputra River.. The Lower Assam or Western Assam is well connected with the other parts of the country as well as the other states of the North Eastern Region. The entire Lower Assam or the Western Assam is full of natural beauty and tourist attraction spots. The present study is trying to highlight the probable prospects and opportunities for tourism entrepreneurship and its contribution to the economic development of the region.