{"id":5516,"date":"2021-03-31T13:40:36","date_gmt":"2021-03-31T08:10:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiacityblog.com\/?p=5516"},"modified":"2021-03-31T13:40:36","modified_gmt":"2021-03-31T08:10:36","slug":"gujarats-rann-utsav-witnesses-shrink-in-tourist-footfall-in-wake-of-covid-pandemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiacityblog.com\/travel\/gujarats-rann-utsav-witnesses-shrink-in-tourist-footfall-in-wake-of-covid-pandemic-5516\/","title":{"rendered":"Gujarat’s Rann Utsav witnesses shrink in tourist footfall in wake of Covid pandemic"},"content":{"rendered":"
March 31<\/strong>: Even if Rann Utsav was one of the most celebrated festivals in India, this year’s festival in Gujarat’s Kutch region recorded a poor tourist footfall by over half. The colourful cultural fest is every year attended by lakhs of tourists, however, the same did not happen this year due to the Covid-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n Rann Utsav is celebrated in the Kutch region of Gujarat and this festival offers people an opportunity to understand and learn about the rich culture of Gujarat.<\/em><\/p>\n Jawahar Chavda serving as the tourism minister quoted that nearly 2,06,056 tourists had participated in the Rann Utsav in the year 2020as compared to the 2019 count which was 4,38,125. Among the total count, only 20 foreign tourists were a part of the festival while 2019 saw 4,457 foreign tourists attending the festival.<\/p>\n