Tourist may soon get to stay at houseboats in Odisha's Chilika

Tourists visiting Chilika lake and Bhitarkanika National Park in Odisha may soon enjoy a stay in houseboats. Visitors to Puri may also get a chance to surf waves at a planned annual event. Tourism visory Committee of State Government has recently approved a slew of activities to attract visitors to State, Tourism Secretary Vishal Dev said.

decision to this regard was taken at a TAC meeting

" houseboats would be run by private operators on an operation-and-manment basis while annual festival at Puri will be organised in association with Surfing Federation of India," he said. decision to this regard was taken at a TAC meeting presided over by Chief Secretary A K Tripathy. chief secretary has directed tourism department to focus on development of destinations in Odisha and promotion of state as an attractive getaway.

Roshows would be organised in multiple cities

As part of it, nine tourism circuits and 13 destinations across State would be developed, Dev said. " major destinations to be developed are Rambha and Kantilo clusters, Gandhi and Buddhist circuits, Konark, Daringbi, Samuka beach and DAK Bungalow trail," he said. Roshows would be organised at Chennai, Ahmab, Varanasi, Raipur, Surat, and Jaipur to promote Odisha as an attractive tourist destination. y have alrey been held at Delhi, Kochi, Kolkata, Guwahati, Bangalore and Hyderab.

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It was also decided to organise roshows at Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok, Berlin, and Jakarta to attract investment in tourism sector, Dev said. Official sources said on an aver, around 1.5 crore domestic tourists and 1 lakh foreign visitors come to state every year. 

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