Taj Balloon Festival

To boost leisure/adventure tourism and aviation based entertainment in the state, Uttar Pradesh Government will be hosting TAJ Balloon Festival in Agra from November 14 – 16, 2015.

The Festival will feature 15 balloons from across countries like the United Kingdom, the United States of America, Spain and Germany, amongst others. Expert balloonists will be displaying their skills as the skyline of the ‘Taj’ city i.e. Agra will be dotted with colourful balloons. Regarded as one of the safest form of aviation sport, Hot Air Ballooning has been gaining prominence across the world. Uttar Pradesh is the unique state that provides various adventure sport related activities to tourists. This Festival is the first step towards creating a world class ballooning centre in the state of Uttar Pradesh.”