The 15-day tour will cover Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Tripura and Meghalaya.
IRCTC's 'Bharat Gaurav' train is all set to become the first tourist train from India to cross the international border into a neighbouring country.
Addressing a press conference, the railways minister said these trains could be run both by the private sector as well as the IRCTC.