In an attempt to bring Chilika, the largest brackish water lake of Asia, in the world tourism map Odisha government has planned to host National Bird Festival in January-2018. The festival is expected to attract tourists, bird watchers, wildlife photographers,…
Low-cost airline AirAsia has decided to increase the frequency of its Bhubaneswar-Kuala Lumpur flight services from October 26, S C Hota, the director of Biju Patnaik International Airport said today. The Malaysia based airline had launched direct flights between Bhubaneswar…
Odisha’s second airport at Jharsuguda town would be ready for operation by the end of November, a top state government official said today. The airport is among five airports in Odisha chosen to provide regional flight services under the Centre’s…
From first week of November, the state tourism department intends to start a special drive, encouraging citizens in Bhubaneswar to provide homestay facilities to tourists. The tourism department will accord licence to house owners, who register themselves with the former.…
Hello peeps, So here is Part – I of the amazing time we had at the Nature Camp a week back at Satkosia. When the folks at “Detour Odisha”,posted about a nature camp happening at Satkosia Wildlife Sanctuary,we…
Odisha Tourism will shortly launch a hovercraft facility on Puri beach in collaboration with a private operator.The test run of the hovercraft was conducted yesterday. It is capable of travelling both on land and water.A hovercraft, also known as an…
Tampara, a wetland near Chatrapur in Ganjam district on the National Highway 5, will get a facelift of Rs 33.44 crore under the Centre’s Swadesh Darshan Scheme. A five-member expert team visited Tampara yesterday to prepare a blueprint for the…
In a major relief to the passengers, Biju Patnaik International Airport (BPIA) from Saturday discontinued the procedure of stamping hand baggage tags. Informing this, BPIA Director Suresh Chandra Hota said the stamping of hand baggage tags has been discontinued at Terminal…
A group of four wildlife enthusiasts from Odisha have started in a unique initiative to explore and document all significant waterfalls in the state. They are going in a road trip to document the road networks, logistics and mapping of the…
We decided to head to Jirang located in the Gajapati district of Odisha, Phutnksoling; Phutnksoling; The land of plenty and Happiness.And we found both of it here, in abundance. On the way to Jirang we stopped at the famous…