Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, April 09 2009:
The Manipur Tourism Festival 2009 and Best of Asia Expo which was earlier scheduled to be inaugurated on April 10 has been rescheduled to be held from April 12 to April 21 due to unavoidable circumstances, Director of Tourism, Manipur, H Deleep Singh said in a press release.
The festival will be held at BT Park Southern Extension, Imphal.
The stalls will include local representatives as well as few participants from Thailand and Myanmar and some other Indian states, it said.
The festival will be marked by activities like Hot Air Ballooning, Parasailing, Caving Expedition and indigenous Games like Polo Pana Style exhibition match, Arambai demonstration, Mukna and Yubi Lakpi; presentation of diverse dances, and Oddissi and Chhow dances from Orissa; Seminars on Border Trade and Medical Tourism, the Tourism Director stated.
The Manipur Tourism Festival and best of Asia Expo is being hosted jointly by the Department of Tourism and the Nirvana Pilgrim Society Exposition, Kolkota, it said.