guwahati the assam government on wednesday urged the united kingdom and australia to immediately rectify their travel advisories in which they cautioned citizens against travelling to assam and four other northeastern states the two countries had updated their travel advisories on friday and had asked citizens to either cancel or reconsider their visit to the northeast in view of major incidents of terrorism and insurgency they cited the shooting of 14 people in assams kokrajhar last month and the killing of 18 soldiers by nscnkhaplang rebels in manipur last yearstate tourism minister himanta biswa sarma described the inclusion of assam in a list of disturbed areas of the country a careless oversight and urged his counterparts in the two countries to avoid referring to the state as a forbidden destinationassam is an abode of natural beauty its people are peaceloving and give immense love and affection to all those who come here any misrepresentation of the actual situation creates unnecessary fear and adversely impacts tourism potential of the state sarma saidthe british foreign and commonwealth office in its advisory said although the overall security situation in the northeast of india is improving some areas especially in manipur and assam still experience sudden and random outbreaks of violence there have been several incidents of violence in assam including a shooting in kokrajhar on august 5 resulting in 14 deaths and grenade explosions in lakhimpur karbi anglong and guwahati review your security arrangements carefully seek advice from the local authorities and avoid large crowdsthe australian advisory said we advise you to reconsider your need to travel to these areas due to risk of armed robbery kidnapping extortion and separatist and insurgent violence including in rural areas insurgent groups have attacked civilians and bombed buildings in these statessarma said the kokrajhar incident was a rare occurrence and one which could have taken place in any modern society he added that the law and order situation in assam was fine and any fear or apprehension was unfoundedhe said the diverse ethnic and cultural groups of assamese society have coexisted with enormous harmony and displayed exemplary bonhomie for decades any representation of minor skirmishes as statewide disturbance amounts to inexplicable exaggeration and causes unnecessary anxiety for tourists who wish to visit the state