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Odisha tourism road show held in Mumbai to attract domestic tourists
22 Feb 2016, 06:39 pm
Mumbai Feb 22 (NITN) The Department of Tourism (DoT), Government of Odisha, in it's bid to attract domestic tourists from an important source state and commercial capital of India-Mumbai, organised its road show here on Monday.
The objective was to promote the state and its variety of tourism products in the western part of India.
Located on the eastern coast of the country, Odisha is a tourists’ paradise and has many stunning destinations which offer a visual feast to the tourists and visitors.
It also throws an educative and culturally pleasing insight into one of the oldest civilizations of the world.
The road show aimed to benefit and provide information on Odisha Tourism to the tour lovers, tour operators, travel agents, travel writers, journalists, decision makers etc.
Travel to Odisha is truly an amazing experience that attracts people from all parts of the world for its sculptural and artistic heritage.
The Sun Temple at Konark, a UNESCO Heritage site, the Temple of Lord Jagannath at Puri, one of the four cardinal centres for Hindus (Char Dhams) of India and temple city of Bhubaneswar are important and popular tourist destinations.
The Buddhist heritage of Odisha comprising of Ratnagiri-Lalitgiri-Udayagiri-
The serene beaches at Puri, Chandipur, Gopalpur and Bhitarkanika Wildlife Sanctuary, the second largest mangrove forest in India, Simlipal National Park to name a few are very famous tourist attractions.
The rock-cut caves of Khandagiri and Udaygiri at Bhubaneswar depicting Jain heritage throw ample light on the magnificent past of Odisha. Chilika, the largest brackish water lake in Asia and a Ramsar site of India with 1100 sq.kms area is famous for Dolphins and migratory birds.
Apart from these, Odisha has successfully nurtured three great religions like Buddhism, Jainism and Hinduism.
The DoT is also organising a number of Tourism events like Konark Festival (1st – 5th December), International Sand Art Festival (1st – 5th December), Parab Tribal Festival (16 – 18 November), Dhanu Yatra Festival (Dec – Jan) Rajarani Music Festival (18 – 20 January), Mukteswar Dance Festival (14 – 16 January) etc. to attract more of domestic and international tourists.
Odisha Tourism to attract domestic tourists from various parts of the country is holding road shows in different cities. It has already organised various roadshows last year and this year that state is organising 10 roadshows.
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