Guwahati, India News Stream: The 2nd edition of the three-day northeast festival began in Bangkok on Friday in presence of 150 Thai tour operators interacting with northeast India’s tourism stakeholders.
The colourful festival began at the Centara Grand Hotel in Bangkok to showcase northeast India and explore the shared history, officials said.
According to an official statement, senior officials of Tourism Departments of various northeastern states displayed a vivid and elaborate picture about the scope, potentiality and natural beauty of northeast India.
Ambassador of India to Thailand Suchitra Durai in her welcome address defined that the festival is a path breaking initiative to promote Indo-Thai relationship with special focus on northeast India.
India’s Minister of state for External Affairs R.K. Ranjan, Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio, several ministers from the northeastern states, senior officials of Central and state governments in the northeast and top industrialists, among others attended the festival.
In the second edition of the ‘Northeast India Festival’, a series of discussions, exhibitions, buyer-seller meets, cultural programmes and fashion events would be held at the Central World in Bangkok, which will also be a part of the events to celebrate 75 years of India-Thailand diplomatic ties.
Ambassadors of various ASEAN and QUAD countries, experts, and the local Thai community are also expected to attend the festival.
Over 30 MSME entrepreneurs will showcase their products from the northeastern region at the festival with special focus on tea, handicraft, agri-horti products and tourism. (INDIA NEWS STREAM )
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