Tag: Tourist

Bhubaneswar: During winter every year the tourism sector in Odisha gets a boost in tourist footfall. Visitors from many parts of India and abroad flock to tourist and picnic spots in our State. The Nandankanan Zoological Park is one such sought after destination during the holiday season. As the winter vacation has already started, the […]

  Srinagar: A day after a tourist from Tamil Nadu died due to head injury suffered during stone-pelting here, Tourism department and stakeholders have expressed apprehensions that the incident may negatively impact the arrival of visitors to Kashmir. A 22-year-old tourist, R Thirumani, from Chennai was critically injured in a stone pelting incident at Narbal […]

Mumbai: In an effort to increase the tourist inflow into the State, Odisha Tourism has commissioned a study that will focus on emerging destinations and identity countries from where it can get travellers. The study will be jointly carried out by apex industry body FICCI and BSE-SME-listed Majestic Research Services and Solutions Ltd (MRSS India). […]

Bhubaneswar: The number of foreign tourists to Odisha is showing a decline though the rate of domestic tourists visiting the state has marginally increased, state Tourism and Culture minister Ashok Chandra Panda said today. Panda informed the Assembly today that Odisha’s share in the total number of foreign tourists visiting India was only 0.83 per […]

Kandhamal: With winter gradually setting in, tourists from Odisha and outside have started thronging Daringbadi, considered as ‘Kashmir of Odisha’ in Kandhamal district. However, several tourist spots in the hill station are reeling under neglect due to lack of patronage from the Odisha government. Several mountain ranges, Midubanda Waterfall and Hill View Park are the […]

Konark: The footfall of foreign tourists to the 13th century Sun Temple in Konark has considerably declined in the recent years stroking concerns among the people. Sources said the number of foreign tourists visiting the UNESCO World Heritage Site have decreased to half in the last twenty years. Reports said around 14 lakh tourists visited […]

Puri: In an unfortunate incident at the ‘Blue Flag’ beach, a tourist was reportedly swept away while taking a bath in the sea here on Tuesday morning. The tourist has been identified as one Ganesh Binay from Jharkhand, who is a +2 student. The Odisha Fire Service department personnel have launched a search and rescue […]