The Dakshina Kannada district administration will organise a beach festival in Mangaluru from December 20 to 30, B Ramanatha Rai, Minister in charge of the district, has said.

Releasing the logo for the festival in Mangaluru on Friday, he said beach festival is one of the important events of ‘Karavali Utsav’, which is being held in the district every year.

Yatish Baikampady, one of the organisers of the beach festival and Chief Executive Officer of Panambur Beach Tourism Development Project, said the organisers had decided to promote the beach tourism potential of the district.

T-shirts and caps of the festival will be sold as part of the promo. Organisers will assess the demand for these items on social media sites such as Facebook, he said.

Another attraction of the event is the coastal food festival. It has also been decided to organise Kerala food festival and Gujarati food festival as part of the event this year, he said.

Fun games such as beach kabaddi, beach cricket, and beach volleyball will also be organised during the festival period, Baikampady said.

Rai said that the district administration has been conducting beach festivals for many years to highlight the cuisine and culture of the region, along with the beaches of Dakshina Kannada.

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