The Chhattisgarh Tourism Board (CTB) with a view to promoting adventure tourism will be organising yet another two-day ‘Cycle rally’ from February 10.
The rally is being organised in joint association with ‘Today Raipur Cycle Club’.
The rally will commence from Kawardha district headquarters at 11 am and would travel through Bhoramdev and reach Saroda-Dhadhar while covering a distance of 45 kms, officials informed.
Notably, CTB opened its Saroda Dadar Resort for the tourists in January last year.
Two gates -Mukki and Sarhi- of the Kanha National Park are located at a distance of 50 kilometers from the resort. Baiga tribals reside near this resort.
The 12-room resort is ideal for the pilgrims visiting Boramdev temple and Boramdev sanctuary, officials stated.
It may be recalled that the Chhattisgarh Government is also creating an ‘eco-ethnic’ tourist destination near the world famous Chitrakot water falls in Bastar region of the State, official sources informed.
Notably, Chhattisgarh exchanged MoUs worth Rs 12 crores for development of world-class tourist facilities during ‘Incredible India Tourism Investors’ Summit (IITIS)- 2016’ organised by the Ministry of Tourism in partnership with Confederation of Indian Industry and the Tourism Finance Corporation of India from September 21 to 23, 2016 in New Delhi to promote investments in Tourism sector in India.
Several key announcements were made at the valedictory session of the Summit. The States like Gujarat, Rajasthan, Karnataka, Uttarakhand and Chattisgarh signed 86 MoUs during the session and many more are in the pipeline, aggregating close to Rs 15,000 crore, officials informed. At the summit, Gujarat signed MoUs close to Rs 9,000 crores, Karnataka worth Rs 2,600 crore, Rajasthan worth Rs1,000 crore, Uttarakhand worth Rs 500 crore and Chhattisgarh worth Rs 12 crore.