Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has inaugurated the second edition of Odisha Travel Bazar to boost tourism of the state.
Opening the event Friday, Patnaik said tourist arrival increased at a rate of 9 per cent per annum and the trend was continuing in the state. New tourism products like ethnic tourism, Eco tourism and Buddhist tourism were helping the state to attract more tourists every year.
On air connectivity of the state, Patnaik said "in near future Air Asia will provide connectivity to international destinations. Jharsuguda airport provides air connectivity to the tourist to western part of Odisha and it will also helpful for the state to increase tourist numbers in coming years."
Three different FAM trips circuits have been identified for this purpose and those were (a) Bhubaneswar Puri
Konark Lalitgiri-Ratnagiri-Bhitarkanika; (b) Bhubaneswar
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