The country is looking forward to the virtual festival of Destination Northeast-2020 to be launched on the occasion of World Tourism Day on 27th September. The festival is an effort to make everyone explore the local destinations of Northeast rather than going anywhere abroad.
Recently, the logo and theme song of the festival was unveiled by Union minister Dr. Jitendra Singh through video conference.
The 4-day event will be formally inaugurated by Union Minister for Home Affairs, Amit Shah on 27th September with Dr Jitendra Singh as Guest of Honour. The Chief guest for the closing ceremony on 30th September will be Kiren Rijiju, Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports, while Rameshwar Teli, Union Minister of State for Food Processing Industries will join as Guest of Honor.
Speaking on the occasion, Dr Jitendra Singh said that North-Eastern Region will be one of the favorite tourist and business destinations of India post COVID-19 and will be an important engine for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s clarion call of Atma Nirbhar Bharat by focusing on “Vocal for Local”.
The Minister said that people should take a pledge to Visit Local, Travel Local and Explore Local thus giving a boost to the local Tourism and Hospitality industry. Moreover, he added that by remaining Corona free mostly, North East offers a very safe and attractive tourist destination in the entire World.
Dr Jitendra Singh said that North East offers a lot to Rest of India to learn from its culture, cuisines, entrepreneurship skills, scenic attributes and a society which is highly disciplined, literate and forward looking. He said the region has a very rich business tradition in the areas of Bamboo, Handicrafts, Textiles and Handloom.
The Union Minister said that the Festival Destination Northeast has been travelling across the country since last couple of years, from Varanasi in 2019 to the Lawns of India Gate in New Delhi or in Chandigarh before that and now it will be virtually reaching to your homes this year. He said, the festival is not just about Tourism, but it’s an invitation to the organisations and specially to the young entrepreneurs who would like to avail the advantage of unexplored potentials of the region.
