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.
