AGARTALA: The three-day second India-Bangladesh Tourism Festival is scheduled to begin next week here at Agartala Ujjayanta palace to boost tourism in Tripura and Bangladesh as well.
The tour operators, hotel owners and tourism officials along with others from both the countries will attend the festival being organised by Tripura Tourism Development Corporation and interact with each other to draw tourists from Southeast Asian countries, officials said here on Saturday.
The leading cultural organisations, tour operators from other northeastern states and West Bengal have also been invited. Featuring the prominent artistes of both the countries, a mega cultural programme will be held in the inaugural session of the festival on April 17. To sample the delicious indigenous cuisine of Tripura, an event on traditional food at the main entrance of the palace was also included in the event.
The tour operators, hotel owners and tourism officials of the two countries will meet on April 19 at the auditorium of Gitanjali Tourist Residence to prepare the roadmap for developing a tourist circuit in the region, the officials added.
“With the expansion of railway connectivity in Tripura and shorter road link with Bangladesh, the state got an exclusive opportunity to offer a unique experience of diversity to the tourists. Besides, splendid hills, rivers, archeological sites, Hindu and Buddhist temples, the tourists can reach beautiful sea beaches of Southern Bangladesh by driving down only 120 km from here crossing the bridge over river Feni,” said Tripura tourism minister Pranajit Singha Roy.
