The State Government on Sunday launched a few initiatives on the occasion of World Tourism Day to revive the tourism sector amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik announced reopening of the State Tourism and launched two more campaigns to boost the sector and promote delicious Odia cuisine.
He welcomed all to visit Odisha during the pandemic as all kinds of precautionary measures have been taken for safety and security of visitors.
In his message, Patnaik highlighted the award-winning initiative of ecotourism nature camps run successfully for five years by the communities which is in line with this year’s World Tourism Day theme of ‘Rural Tourism’. The CM also launched an ‘Odisha by Road’ campaign through a Kalinga Rides superbike rally inviting the visitors from neighbouring States as well as within the State to explore Odisha by road.
The campaign aims to encourage tourists to travel to various tourist destinations in the State through the excellent network of quality roads.
He too announced a campaign for promotion and popularisation of Odia cuisine through a chain of authentic Odia cuisine restaurants named “Nimantran” by the OTDC.
In Bhubaneswar, Tourism Minister Jyoti Prakash Panigrahi flagged off a superbike rally consisting of 80 superbikes from nine superbiker groups at 7.30 am from Infocity Square. The rally covered 25 km to culminate at Shanti Stupa atop Dhauli hill.