As the UP Tourism department has recently released the logos for the four-day International Hot Air Ballooning and Boat Racing festival, it is clear that Uttar Pradesh is well prepared to host the Hot Air Ballooning and Boat Racing Festival this month. As of January 17th, the festival will take place in Varanasi and will be held for four days.
Priti Srivastava, Joint Director of Tourism at the Department of Tourism, he revealed that the Kashi balloon and boat festival logo will be presented in a shape of a shield, and in order to brand the event, the department will introduce blimps, inflatable balloons, and floating cylinders.
In addition to providing more details about the four-day festival, Srivastava also told that, in preparation for the boat race scheduled to take place between January 17 and 20, a 3 km stretch of the river Ganga was mapped between Dashashwamedh and Namo ghats. In addition to Gangaputra, Navik Sena, Kashi Lahiri, Jal Yodhas, Kashi Keepers, Ganga Lahiri, Nauka Riders, Jal Sena, Ganga Vahini, Bhagirathi Sevaks, Gaumukh Giants, and Ghat Keepers are among the proposed teams that will participate in the race.
From January 17 to 20, visitors will be able to enjoy morning flights, tethered flights, and night glows as part of the Hot Air Ballooning Fest. them a taste of what the festival is all about. In addition, she also added that the locations for the launch and possible landing sites of hot air balloons have also been finalized, and that paramotor activities will also be organized during the festival, among other activities.
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