Summary:
The Tripura government has planned to host an event on the lines of Nagaland's Hornbill Festival. The two-day festival will be held from February 8 in Baramura Hills or Hathai Kotor in West district to boost tourism. The Hornbill Festival is held every December at the Naga heritage village of Kisama, nearly 12km from Kohima. To develop the state's tourism sector, the government decided to organise a festival on the lines of the Hornbill Festival in Nagaland. The Tripura forest officials have set up a Hornbill viewpoint at Baramura hills where papaya and other fruit-bearing trees have been grown for the birds..