Tag: turtle festival

Yes, you heard it right! Odisha is calling you to have a wonderful, once-in-a-lifetime turtle tourism experience. Recently, a turtle festival was conducted at Puri beach with an aim to promote eco-tourism and help conserve Olive Ridley turtles. Odisha has 90 per cent of India’s turtle population and it also boasts of being home to half of the world’s Olive Ridley turtle population. The organizers of the turtle festival are planning to conduct this festival, by giving importance to tourism. This year, they have involved tourists as well as locals in the festival, which came out to be a very ... Read more