PRESS CONFERENCE ON INTERNATIONAL TOURISM MART HELD  

A press conference on International Tourism Mart was held at the Directorate of Tourism on 26th November 2021.

Commissioner & Secretary for Tourism, I. Kitto Zhimomi highlighted that the three-day International Tourism Mart will be held in Kohima from 27th to 29th November 2021 and it is the 9th Edition be attended by diplomats and delegates mostly stakeholders from tourism industries, media personnel,  tour operators, resorts  owners, bloggers and people who are directly and indirectly connected to tourism industries. He stated that the inaugural function will be inaugurated by the Chief Minister of Nagaland Neiphiu Rio at the State Banquet Hall while the remaining two-day event will be held at Bamboo Hall, Naga Heritage Village, Kisama with participants from all the eight North-eastern States of India. Zhimomi added that the event will include interactive session with ambassadors from five countries consisting of eight diplomats.

Assistant Director General (IT Delhi & Event) Ministry of Tourism, Vibhava Tripathi said that the mart was not only international but a domestic push to promote the North Eastern Region of India and showcase Nagaland. He said most of the events of the mart was based on the celebration of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, where tourism and products of the North East are exposed to rest of the country. He also said the ambassadors to visit the 9th Edition of the International Tourism Mart were from Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam and Brunei.

(Maongtemjen, IA)