MAPUSA
The State government has hiked the fees for organising major events in the State by 10 percent.
For music festivals organised in non-licenced premises the existing fees of Rs 10 lakh for up to 5,000 attendees has been hiked by 10 percent while festivals with between 5,000 and 10,000 attendees the fees have been hiked by 10 percent from the existing Rs 15 lakh.
Similarly, for musical festivals above 10,000 attendees the fees have been hiked by 10 percent from the existing Rs 20 lakh.
For night/handicraft bazaars the old fees of Rs 50,000 has been increased to Rs 60,000 per tourist season.
According to the Tourism department, the off season fees will be 1/5th of the season fees while peak season fees will be five times the fees applicable during the season.
Likewise, for events like motorbike weeks, car rallies, non-ticketed music fests, MICE exhibitions and other tourism related events like youth festivals, etc the revised fee has been hiked to Rs 75,000 lump sum (subject to max of 30 days of event period) as compared to Rs 50,000 earlier.
However, the security deposits for music festivals of Rs 10 lakh for up to 5,000 attendees, of Rs 15 lakh for 5,000 to 10,000 attendees and Rs 30 lakh for above 10,000 attendees and Rs 5 lakh for night/handicraft bazaars will remain unchanged.
Similarly, the security deposit for events like motorbike weeks, car rallies, non-ticketed music fests, MICE exhibitions and other tourism related events like youth festivals will continue to be Rs 1 lakh.
The Tourism department said that the empowered committee of the new tourism services/event permissions in its meeting held on October 7, 2022 proposed to review the fee structure of the major events in the State.
