About Island Tourism Festival |
| Event | Island Tourism Festival |
| Location | Port Blair |
| State | Andaman and Nicobar Islands |
| Category | Festival |
| Date | Dates not confirmed |
| Main Attraction | A festival bringing together all the colours of the Island. |
| Overview/History | Andaman and Nicobar Islands are isolated from the Indian mainland even after being a significant Part of the Indian subcontinent. Accessibility is not a problem but a massive distance is what prevents the habitants to interact with their counterparts in the rest of the country. This union territory is more close to countries like Myanmar and Indonesia than the rest of India. The residents hence live in collective harmony and togetherness with each other. Numerous events are organized from time to time to get over the monotony and to celebrate the island and its people. Island Tourism Festival is one of them. |
| Celebration | Island Tourism festival aims at promoting the laden culture, exquisite art and tourism in the island of Andaman and Nicobar. The festival is a ten day long extravaganza featuring dance in several forms, exhibitions on burning social issues of the time by school children, food festivals, dramas, puppet shows, baby shows, dog shows, canoe racing, scuba diving and a lot more. Besides, arrangements are also made for aqua sports and parasailing for the amusement of the visitors. This festival proves to be one of the major tourism boosters for the Andaman and Nicobar islands and result in large inflow of the tourists to the place. The absolute breathtaking beauty of the place is ideal for the event. |
