PANJIM: Director of Tourism Suneel Anchipaka, IAS, on Sunday said that Echoes of Earth, India’s greenest festival, is an amalgamation of celebration and awareness for children and adults to partake in.
Highlighting the need for more sustainable festivals like Echoes of Earth in Goa, Anchipaka said, “Goa is the first State in the country to launch a Regenerative Tourism Model. This form of tourism goes beyond sustainability – the GTDC’s master plan emphasises responsible tourism and regenerative tourism. Under the latter’s framework, the Goa Tourism Department has been promoting several initiatives like Echoes of Earth, as the festival uses sustainable material for its infrastructural design and decor and both children and adults are educated about Goa’s forests and marine ecosystem.”
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“We want to make this festival an annual affair in Goa’s event calendar,” said Anchipaka, after which he embarked on a guided walkthrough of the festival venue, appreciating the variety of sustainable measures incorporated into the festival’s design.
Anchipaka walked through the Echoes of Earth festival in Chopdem, Pernem and appreciated how sustainable initiatives aiding the awareness and preservation of Goa’s biodiversity have been implemented into the festival’s programming.
