The State Government on Monday accorded tourist destination status to three sites, Eram in Bhadrak district, Tugugudia in Baleswar district and Mangala Peeth at Kanas in Puri district. Tourism and Culture Minister Ashok Panda said this to reporters here. With this, the total number of tourist destinations in the State has gone up to 344, he said.
Of the 344 tourists destinations, 25 are in Cuttack district, 22 each in Baleswar and Ganjam, 21 in Puri, 20 in Khordha, 19 in Jajpur, 17 in Kalahandi, 16 each in Keonjhar and Mayurbhanj, 14 in Nayagarh, 13 each in Angul, Sundargarh and Korpaut, 11 in Kendrapada, 10 each in Dhenkanla and Bargarh, nine in Bhadrak, eight in Balangir, seven each in Nuapada, Sambalpur and Rayagada, six each in Jagatsinghpur, Subarnapur, Kandhamal and Malkangiri, five each in Gajapati, Jharsuguda and Nabarnagpur, three in Boudh and two in Deogarh district.