Good news for travel enthusiasts. The fourth edition of the popular beach festival-Eco Retreat- at Konark in Puri district is all se to kick off on December 1 this year. The event will continue till March 15, 2023.
The state government initiated the plans in 2009 with an aim to provide a Dubai-like experience to tourists with the ambitious Marine Aquarium project. On January 30, 2009, former Puri MLA Maheswar Mohanty laid the foundation stone for the project near the Urban Haat in Baliapanda which is nearly 200 meter from Puri sea beach.
The state couldn’t make it to the list of top ten states in terms of tourist footfall, proving tall claims of the Odisha government developing tourist destinations into world-class ones to be hollow to the core.
World Tourism Day celebrated every year on September 27, is one of the truly global initiatives that aim towards making people understand the joy of exploring the world.
Tourism Boost In Odisha Top Priority: Says Union Minister GK Reddy
The uprising of the Paikas in Khordha in the year 1817 was not a revolt against the British rule, but a freedom movement, said Union Minister for Tourism G Kishan Reddy during a programme in the Odisha capital Bhubaneswar on Friday.
Services at two eco retreat locations are yet to start four days after the formal inauguration owing to incomplete works while poor tents, bed and toilet facilities in the high-cost tents have left some visitors livid.
Eco-retreat programme inaugurated at Konark, Satakosia, Bhitarakanika, Daringibadi, Hirakud, Pati Sonapur and Koraput.
Odisha Tourism’s Eco Retreat 2021 inaugurated in Konark along with Satkosia, Bhitarkanika, Daringbadi, Hirakud, Pati Sonapur and Koraput
The authorities said that most trails in the park have become slushy under the impact of rainfall for last few days and thick blanket of fog engulfing the national park could become dangerous for the travelers or safari, so it has been decided to keep visitors away from the biosphere reserve.
The scenic, serene and sublime, Odisha Tourism is all set to open doors to visitors after nearly two years of staying off the grid in the wake of Covid crisis as the setting in of winter--which brings a windfall in business every year-- is expected to rejuvenate the pandemic-battered industry.
The famous Similipal National Park in Mayurbhanj district is all set to welcome back tourists this year from November 1.
Last year, the department had organized a three month-long eco-retreat festival at Nalitapatia village, close to the Bhitarkanika national park.
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