India’s First Lighthouse Festival begins in Goa on 22 September 2023. Union Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways and Ayush, Sarbananda Sonowal will inaugurate the three day festival from the Fort Aguada Lighthouse in Panjim.

• The festival to be celebrated across all the lighthouses in the country is expected to transform these historic spots as tourist destinations.
• Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant, Minister of State for Ports, Shipping & Waterways and Tourism, Shripad Naik and Goa’s Tourism Minister Rohan Khaunte along with other senior officials are expected to be present on the occasion.
• Sonowal, earlier launched a campaign ‘Lighthouse Heritage Tourism’ to transform 75 historic lighthouses into tourism spots. These lighthouses are being renovated with adequate facilities to attract tourists.
• The initiative aims to showcase the rich culture, significance, and allure of these magnificent structures whereby they can propel the prospect of tourism and power the local economy, an official press statement said.