Tourism Carnival concludes on a ‘come again’ note

Lucknow: Three-day carnival organised at Gomti riverfront to mark World Tourism Day and the completion of 50 years of UP government’s tourism department concluded on Wednesday.
Deputy CM Dinesh Sharma and state law minister Brajesh Pathak were the guests of honour of the concluding day function. The ministers praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi and chief minister Yogi Adityanath for promoting the tourism of UP.
The visitors gave mixed response to the event.
While one Dr Pratibha Singh said there was lack of awareness about the carnival, Anju Shrivastava felt the event should be made into a regular affair.
“It was a very nice experience on seeing such a carnival for the first time,” said Adarsh Kumar Pandey.
“The carnival should be extended for at least five more days so that more people could enjoy,” said Digvijay Pandey.
The carnival witnessed many cultural events including mesmerizing folk and Sufi performance by the Anhad Band. The performance of SaReGaMaPa fame Harshit Mishra also left people craving for more. Several other events like magic show, puppet dance and folk dance of UP were also organized, besides the food festival. Few of the winners were Nitin Rawat of Ritz Continental (best food stall), Aradhana Jaiswal (rangoli), Shashak (quiz) and Shreyashi (poster).