In the coming years, businessmen will witness the emergence of Agartala as the hub for transportation to the Northeast, and of Chittagong as the biggest trans-shipment hub in the Bay of Bengal.  It remains to be seen if Agartala will be able to capitalise on this geo-political advantage.
In some  ways, Tripura has been luckier than most other North Eastern states.  Its decadal population growth has been quite close to the national decadal growth of population of 17.7% especially since the 1990s. There has been little influx of migrants since then. Moreover, with the state being bordered by Bangladesh on three sides – the fourth side is connected to India), the normalising of relations between Bangladesh and India has meant a great deal of peace for this state.