Bhubaneswar, Mar 11: In a bid to attract foreign tourists to the State, Odisha Tourism participated in International Tourism Festival (International Tourismus Borse ) in Berlin recently.
According to official sources, the Odisha Tourism stall has been spectacular, depicting the innovative and new products of Odisha Tourism like the Buddhist heritage and adventure nature tourism along with the traditional and tribal cultural heritage. Minister of Tourism and Culture Ashok Chandra Panda expected more foreign tourists inflow to Odisha as restriction on foreign tourists visit to tribal areas has been relaxed by the State government.
He highlighted Golden triangle, Diamond Triangle, Konark Sun Temple, Dhauli equipped with Sound and light system, Chilika lake etc and wished more footfalls owing to tourist friendly policy of the State government along with available facilities.
Panda called upon the tour operators and travel agents to work in this direction. The pavilion was visited by the Indian Ambassador to Germany Gurjeet Singh and Vinod Zutshi, Union Secretary Tourism, who appreciated Odisha Tourism’s activities to increase number of foreign tourist footfalls in the state. GK Dhal, Principal Secretary, Tourism Department and Director Nitin Bhanudas Jawale were also present.
