Category: Festival and Events

Isha Yoga Center, Coimbatore This year, Pongal – the festival of Tamil Nadu- will be celebrated in collaborating with Isha Yoga Centre, Coimbatore. This year’s festivities will take place on the centre’s premises in Coimbatore from 3pm to 6pm on 16th January 2018. “People from across the world with distinct culture and religion will join the Pongal celebrations that will include Pongal pots, sugarcane, rangoli and traditional games,” stated a release from the Yoga center. On the occasion of Mattu Pongal, 15 varieties of native cattle breeds like Kankarej, Kangayam, Sahiwal, Gir and others will be exhibited to depict the ... Read more

Vasantholsavam – the spring festival is back in Thiruvananthapuram. A nine-day long flower show, organized by the tourism department will kick off on January 11 2019. Other than flower show, the event will feature an exhibition-cum-sale of agricultural produce, rare herbs and medicinal plants, and food festivals. It was announced by the Tourism Minister, Kadakampally Surendran. The event will be inaugurated by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on January 11 in front of the Kanakakkunnu Palace. Tourism Minister will chair the function. The expense of the event will be met by sponsorship and ticket sale.  It is decided that ten per ... Read more

First-ever consumer tourism fest and exhibition ‘Meet 2 Travel’,  organized by Meet The Folks Events (MTFE), is scheduled to be held in Delhi from April 5-7, 2019. “MTFE has covered four major aspects of industries, where everyone can meet, connect and network with new people and transact business – ‘Creating Business Network’ is our tagline. Meet 2 Travel – M2T is providing a platform for travel companies to showcase their brand, services and products directly to their clients. In today’s time, one of the biggest challenges that organisations face is to source new clients when OTAs are taking a major market ... Read more

The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has joined hands with the Government of Uttar Pradesh to promote Kumbh Mela 2019. More than 12 crore pilgrims are expected to visit the Prayagraj Kumbh Mela 2019 starting January 15 at Prayagraj (Allahabad) in Uttar Pradesh, including 10 lakh foreign tourists. “This event is organised at four places in the country. The event held at Prayagraj itself is a subject of attraction and curiosity for the country and the world. Following the efforts made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, UNESCO has included Kumbh in the list of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity,” said Suresh Kumar Khanna, ... Read more

The 112th edition of India International Travel Mart (IITM), held from 3 – 5 January 2019, at Rajiv Gandhi Indoor Stadium, Kochi, has concluded today. The India International Travel Mart, organised by Sphere Travelmedia & Exhibitions, showcased a variety of destinations from different spheres such as pilgrimages, adventures, culture & heritage, beaches, hills and much more. The event had over 250 participants from over 8 countries and over 20 Indian states. The participants include Travel Agents & Tour Operators, DMC, Hotels & Resorts, National Tourist Organizations, Cruises, Airlines, Online Travel Portals etc. The three-day event has showcased glimpses from the travel, tourism ... Read more

After the extravagant Dussehra, Mysuru is all set to woo tourists with its winter festival. With aim to attract the year-end crowd, the state tourism department has inaugurated the winter festival on December 22. The festival is organised by the Mysuru District Administration, Karnataka Tourism Department and the Mysore Palace Board, in association with the city-based hotel, tourist taxi associations. The district tourism administration is expecting a footfall of more than 3 lakh during this big holiday season. The winter festival or Maaghi Utsav is a 10-day event, with the majestic flower show held at the iconic Mysore Palace premises ... Read more

The Tourism Authority of Thailand will organise the longest fireworks display ever staged along Bangkok’s Chao Phraya River as part of celebrations to mark the arrival of the New Year at midnight on 31st December 2018. Called the “Amazing Thailand Countdown 2019”, the spectacular display will last a full five minutes and is expected to be witnessed by more than a million people in the proximity of the river and beyond. The Countdown festivities are jointly organised by the largest coalition of public and private sector organisations which are collaborating to stage a single, synchronized show that can become a ... Read more

GoAir, in partnership with Thailand Yacht Show & RendezVous 2019, is offering 50 per cent discount on flights to Phuket from India for yachting enthusiasts registering to visit the Thailand Yacht Show (TYS) 2019. Thailand Yacht Show, which is scheduled to take place from 10-13th January 2019, will be held at the award-winning Royal Phuket Marina. GoAir’s 50 per cent discount offer is especially for the Indian yachting enthusiasts and everyone who register from India at the Thailand Yacht Show’s website to visit TYS 2019. GoAir will start direct daily flights to Phuket from Mumbai, Delhi and Bengaluru. By the end ... Read more

The Chief Minister of Kerala, Pinarayi Vijayan, has inaugurated the one-month long Jatayu Carnival at Chadayamangalam in Kollam. “Jatayu Earth’s Centre has the potential to be the most popular destination,” said the chief minister after inaugurating the Carnival. “The Earth’s Centre area is very pleasant and can be enjoyed by people of all ages. Yoga centre, Ayurveda centre, adventure tourism and the state of the art cable car system are all of international standard,” he said. Pinarayi Vijayan has also unveiled a stone plaque which carries the inscript of a poem on Jatayu rock penned by famous poet ONV Kurup. ... Read more

The greatest “killer content” of South Korea, the 22nd Boryeong Mud Festival, will be held for 10 days from July 19-28, 2019 on Daecheon Beach in Boryeong, South Korea, with the slogan “Go! Boryeong, Play! mud.” Boryeong is famous for their wide mudflats formed along the west coast of South Korea, and the high-quality mud at Boryeong is well known for its therapeutic qualities with high levels of germanium and minerals, as well as for its high levels of far-infrared radiation. Boryeong city have been developing, producing and selling mud based cosmetic products since 1996, and have been hosting the ... Read more

From the press meet The 3rd Edition of the Dwijing Festival will be held from December 27, 2018, and continue till January 7, 2019. It was officially announced on 19th December 2018, in a press conference held at Novotel, Guwahati. Minister of Tourism, Chandan Brahma and Chairman, ATDC, Jayanta Malla Baruah etc., have taken part in the press meet. With the target of promoting river tourism in the rural areas of Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) and the State, the festival was initiated in the year 2016-17 under the moniker of ‘Aie River Festival’ on the bank of river Aie in ... Read more

Chief Minister Pema Khandu has flagged of the `JK Tyre Orange 4X4 Fury’, as part of the Orange Festival of Adventure and Music, on 15th December 2018. The event is organised at Dambuk by Arunachal Tourism. The Chief Minister expressed hope that as connectivity improves in the North East, the states will compete with each other to attract tourists. Tourism festivals in the state such as Ziro Festival of Music, Mechuka Adventure Festival and Orange Festival have been attracting thousands of tourists to the state, said the minister. The chief minister said the Orange Festival (OFAM) initially met with skepticism, ... Read more

A total of 46 countries are participating in the 21st edition of the Miss Tourism International 2018 World Final which is said to be “The Biggest Event of The Year”. The event is happening in Malaysia on 21st December 2018 at Sunway Resort Hotel & Spa, Grand Ballroom, Bandar Sunway and it is expected to put Malaysia in the global spotlight. The theme of the Miss Tourism International (MTI) 2018 World Final is “Glitz and Glamour” “The event will be align with the event objective of “Promoting Tourism, Culture and Friendship,” while empowering the delegates to propagate values in their ... Read more

The seventh edition of Bhairabkunda festival will be held with a five-day spectacular event from January 8, 2019 at Bhairabkunda, a picturesque tri-junction located in the Himalayan foothills of Assam, Arunachal Pradesh and Bhutan. It is also known for the Shiva temple, where thousands of pilgrims visit for prayers and poojas. The picturesque location is also renowned among photography enthusiasts and honeymooners. The objective of the event is to exploit the unexplored tourism potential of Bhairabkunda and to register its unmatched natural beauty on the tourism map of the country. The decision to conduct the event has taken in a ... Read more

Delegates and the speakers after the One-day Seminar at KITTS Association of Tourism Trade Organizations, India (ATTOI), in association with Tourism News Live has conducted a one-day seminar on Modern Trends in Tourism Marketing on November 27, 2018. The seminar, held at the Kerala Institute of Travel and Tourism Studies (KITTS) Auditorium in Thiruvananthapuram, was inaugurated by Rajasree Ajith, Director of KITTS. Vinod CS, President of ATTOI, delivered the welcome speech. He mentioned the innovative ideas set forth by ATTOI for the development of tourism in the state, ever since its inception. The Yoga Ambassadors Tour organized in association with ... Read more