Two-day Kargil-Ladakh Tourism Festival begins

Kargil, Sep 04 (Only Kashmir): Chairman, Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Council, Haji Inayat Ali and Advisor to Governor, Khurshid Ahmad Ganai Tuesday inaugurated the two-day Kargil Ladakh Tourism Festival-2018 at Khree Sultan Cho Sports Stadium, Biamathang Kargil.
The two-day event features multi-ethnic traditional music and dance performances by the folk artists of different ethnic groups of the region including Purgi, Dalti, Dardi. It also features traditional horse polo and archery matches. Besides, the exhibition of local art and craft on various stalls, the visitors here also cherish the taste of ethnic food made available here.



Advisor to Governor, Khurshid Ahmad Ganai on the occasion said the main purpose of the festival is to boost the potential of tourism in district Kargil and exhorted upon the Tourism Department to further intensify its publicity and promotional activities so as to attract the maximum number of tourists from across the country.
He said to promote the Kargil district on the international tourism map, Government is taking various steps and establishment of Kargil Airport which is a long pending demand of the people, is one such step. He added that the work on the same is under progress and hoped that the dream will be fulfilled in the next year.
Praising the scenic beauty and the multi-ethnic culture of Kargil, the Advisor said that more than 86,000 domestic and 4500 foreign tourists have visited the district Kargil during the current year so far.
A colourful and scintillating cultural programme depicting the culture and traditions of Kargil was the main attraction of the event on the inaugural day today.