19th December 2022

To All Members,

Dear Colleagues,

Placed below please find an email received for North East Festival being organized in Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi on 23rd, 24th ,25th & 26th December, 2022. All our members are cordially invited.

Members are requested to send their confirmation to Mr. Shyamkanu Mahanta, Chief Organizer on email id :  skmahanta@gmail.com

With regards,

Rajnish Kaistha

Hony. Secretary

From: Shyamkanu Mahanta [mailto:skmahanta@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, December 19, 2022 12:24 PM
To: Rajiv Mehra <rmehra@udaytour.com>
Cc: iato@iato.in
Subject: North East Festival - B2B Meet onTourism on 23rd December, 2022 to be chaired by Secretary, Tourism Govt of India

The President, IATO

Sir,

This is in reference to our discussion earlier.

  North East Festival, connecting people, celebrating life aims at creating awareness about India’s North East and to promote the region as tourism destination. The first seven editions were organized in 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 & 2019 respectively at IGNCA, Janpath, New Delhi was attended by huge crowds, tourists and it has helped in building bridges and national North East Festival got extensive coverage in National media and have helped in creating awareness and showcasing the region as destination for tourism, investment etc. With support from various State Govts of NER, Central Govt agencies, North East Festival is organised by well-known Socio-Cultural Trust of North East India, Trend MMS with support from local communities of NER based in Delhi. Recently, we organised the Northeast India Festival at Central World, Bangkok which was attended by Hon’ble Chief Ministers of several states, Union Minister, Hon’ble Deputy PM of Thailand, and several other dignitaries. It is now officially accepted by Govt. of India and Govt. of Thailand as an important initiative between both the countries. 

The 10th edition of North East Festival is planned to be organized in Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi on 23rd, 24th ,25th & 26th December, 2022 with the vision of Hon’ble Prime Minister of India of promoting North East as ‘Ashtha Lakshmi’, as an engine of growth for the entire country. This time North East Festival will be organized with focus on a vibrant North East, highlighting MSME entrepreneurial capabilities of North Eastern people.  With the vision of Hon’ble Act East Policy, North East Festival will also present best of MSME entrepreneurs of the region. More than 150 entrepreneurs will showcase various products of North East. Series of discussion sessions are organized, B2B Meets are organized on textiles, food processing sectors Tourism etc. North East Festival will showcase best of region’s culture, dance forms, tourism destinations, musical talents, cuisines, traditional sports of the region, exhibition of crafts and agri-horti potentials, Start Ups, spectacular fashion show, art exhibition etc. Hon’ble CMs, Union Ministers, top policymakers, large crowds, media, tour operators will be attending the festival.

North East Festival will showcase the best of North East, in terms of culture, tourism.  It is the most spectacular festival of Delhi.  IATO have been a big support for North East India. We shall request for kind participation of IATO during North East Festival 

a)As part of North East Festival, a B2B Meet on Tourism is organised which will be attended by major tour operators of the NCR region as well as NER. The session will be chaired by Mr. Arvind Singh, IAS, Secretary Tourism, Govt of India. We shall request you to give a short presentation about IATO's focus on NER. 

b) We shall request IATO to assist in inviting its members to be part of B2B Meet. The list of confirmed attendees may kindly be given to us to facilitate entry formalities. 

c) IATO is requested to inform its members about the North East Festival. The members can send tourists to visit North East Festival during 23rd-26th December at Gate No 14, Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium to have a feel of Delhi's most colourful festival 

We shall need your kind help and support. 

With regards, 

Shyamkanu Mahanta

Chief Organiser