Sikkim - India's Himalayan jewel!

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Sikkim is truly India's hidden jewel. And now the rest of the world will look up and see exactly why, in 2014, thanks to Lonely Planet and the BBC! Recognition comes but slowly, but when it comes, it's a heady rush... The last state to join the Indian union, it is a small state but has a wide range of attractions for a domestic or inbound international traveler. With a warm and welcoming local population, low crime rate, high hospitality quotient,cool and comfortable climate, green mountains, wide biodiversity, rich forests, bountiful rivers and much more, It is a tourism destination that is waiting to be discovered by a wider and more sophisticated international audience of the type the currently visits Bhutan. Sikkim has everything that Bhutan has going for it, and then some.. Back in 20