Will put Dasara fete on international tourism map: Bommai
The Hindu
SMK urges CM to develop Mysuru as key tourist destination
Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Thursday announced that the State Government would make all efforts to put Dasara celebrations on the international tourism map by developing a tourist circuit with Mysuru in the centre and launching an attractive tour package.
Speaking after the inauguration of Mysuru Dasara-2021, or the Nada Habba on the premises of Sri Chamundeshwari Temple atop Chamundi Hills, he said Mysuru would be promoted and marketed, keeping Dasara in focus, and tourism activities would be conceptualised on the lines of tourism-centric events at international tourist hotspots like Paris and Rome.
A Mysuru tourist circuit would be created in consultation with experts and people engaged in tourism promotion, he said, promising to celebrate next year’s Dasara in a grand manner if the pandemic fades away.
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