Port Blair, Nov 1: Island Tourism Festival is scheduled to be held in January 2017 in A&N Islands .The Department of Art & Culture, A&N Administration will be organizing cultural programmes in different venues in A&N Islands during the festival days. In this context, the Department of Art & Culture invites applications from the local registered cultural organizations to give their best performance in the Festival. The interested Cultural organizations may apply in the prescribed application format enclosing all required documents along with proposed programmes in CD/DVD format. The cultural organizations should propose a minimum of three or more number of programmes so that the Programme Selection Committee should have different options for selection. The prescribed format can be collected from the Directorate of Art & Culture at Cellular Jail Complex, Port Blair. Application format can also be downloaded from www.andaman.gov.in. The last date for submission of application in the prescribed form is 20th November 2016. More information, if any in this regard can also be obtained over phone number 230117 on any working days.