Bikaner camel festival failed to attract tourists Jaipur News – Times of India

The International Camel Festival, which began in the city on Sunday after a gap of almost two months, failed to attract foreign and domestic tourists. The first day of the three-day event organized by the state tourism department and district administration did not live up to the expectations.

Bikaner: The International Camel Festival, which began in the city on Sunday after a gap of almost two months, failed to attract foreign and domestic tourists. The first day of the three-day event organized by the state tourism department and district administration did not live up to the expectations.
Locals alleged that the culture and heritage of Bikaner was not properly exposed due to poor publicity efforts and poor planning. He said the festival was only a damp squib with the locals not helping the local tourism industry.
A domestic tourist, Prajakta Roy, who visited the festival, said, “The purpose of an international festival is to showcase the local culture and heritage to tourists, especially foreigners. It is like a community, like a competition, A country fair with races, prizes and local people of Bikaner. But the camel race was unbelievable.”
Sources told TOI that the tourism department and local administration had approached industrialists, tour operators and hoteliers for financial contribution, but most of them refused.
A tour operator said on condition of anonymity that the authorities do not listen to our suggestions and advice. “Why should we attend? The guests at the event are mainly friends and family members of the local administration and defense officials,” he said.
It was also alleged that the roads were dirty and hundreds of local people in Bikaner, who took to the streets to take out a procession with flowers and garlands, were left shocked as the district administration changed the route of the heritage walk at the last minute.
District collector Bhagwati Prasad and assistant director (tourism) Bhanu Pratap Singh did not respond to repeated calls for their comments.
“Most people have been overlooked in the decision-making process for the mega-event being held after a period of three years,” said an administrative official involved in organizing the event, seeking anonymity.