Gujarat markets Saputara in Mumbai

Gujarat Tourism organised a road show in Mumbai on Friday to promote the upcoming "Saputara Monsoon Festival" that will be held from July 30 to August 30, 2011.

The Gujarat Government had made an investment of around Rs 60 crores for carrying out development work in Saputara and thereby enhance tourist activity.

The event was attended by Jaynarayan Vyas, minister of tourism, Gujarat government, Kamlesh Patel, chairman, Tourism Corporation of Gujarat Limited (TCGL) and Vipul Mittra, secretary, tourism department of Gujarat. Starting with Nagpur, the department plans to showcase this monsoon getaway to nearby cities like Pune, Mumbai, Nasik in Maharashtra over the next 15 days through similar road show format.

Apart from events like laser show, photography exhibition, heritage walk, cultural evenings, food festival, contests the month long event also includes water sports and adventurous activities like parasailing, hot -air ballooning, para-motoring, kayaking and rock climbing. A variety of tour packages have been devised to attract tourist footfall to Saputara.