Attendance jumps to 2,14,493

The 26th Edition of the Hornbill Festival 2025 culminated this evening at Naga Heritage Village, Kisama, attracting an impressive 2,14,493 visitors over ten days of celebrations featuring culture, traditions, music, food, fashion, crafts, sports, art, partnerships, and networking.

Of the 2,14,493 visitors, local attendees were the largest group at 1,55,535, followed by domestic tourists at 56,431 and foreign visitors at 2,528.

The final day of the Festival on December 10 registered the highest number of visitors at 33, 535 ( see box ).

The 2025 figure marks a modest 4.1% increase from last year’s 2,05,968; the highest in six years, but still below the pre-pandemic highs of 2.82 lakh in 2019 and 2.51 lakh in 2018.

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