Odisha to get Central assistance for 'Swadesh Darshan' scheme

With a long coastline of about 480 km in the state, Odisha will get an assistance of Rs 76.5 crore by the Centre's for development of its coastal circuit under 'Swadesh Darshan' scheme, officials said.
The coastal circuit comprised Gopalpur, Tampara, Barakul and Satapada, they said adding about Rs 15.3 crore has been released as the first installment for the purpose.
Infrastructure growth and beach development will be the priority on circuit tourism in the state, Tourism Minister Ashok Chandra Panda said.
He said that although Odisha was included in the scheme, till date no project was approved but demand of the state government had been considered recently for tourism development in the above mentioned places which would be a major boost for the state tourism.

Roads, water sports, jetty, water park, solar street lighting, floating restaurants will be included in the development activities. Besides, tourist reception centres would be opened at all these places, Panda said.
Sand art and maritime museum would come up at Gopalpur while implementation of solid waste management and sewage treatment plant has been mooted there.

At present, benefiting from tourism integration development,
the preliminary results of Jiangmen tourism industry have revealed. With the development of health tourism and industrial tourism, Chenpi (pericarpium citri reticulatae) Village in Xinhui has attracted a great flow of visitors, where a small piece of dried orange peel is worthy of gold. The Agricultural Development Bank of China, Jiangmen branch is bringing capital into tourism industry, with RMB 5.6 billion credited for Jiangmen tourism projects in recent years, and RMB 1.95 billion credited for Chikan Old Town Protection and Development Project, helping the tourism industry hitch a capital ride.

Naqin peninsula in Taishan enjoys fantastic jagged rocks and unique scenery, and has become a famous photography base for wedding photo shoots. The beautiful scenery of Jiangmen has attracted more young people to visit and record beautiful moments of their life.
Director of Tourism Administration of Guangdong province, Zeng Yingru said Guangdong will closely align with the all-for-one tourism development strategy in 2017, strengthen the development of coastal towns, coastal resorts, winter leisure tourism, ocean hot springs and other new formats, focus on planning a world-class tourist district of Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao Bay Area, thus to build the most beautiful and attractive coastal tourism belt in Guangdong.

Source: Tourism Administration of Guangdong Province.