Odisha eyeing a large chunk of the religious tourism pie

Odisha has set its eyes on a large chunk of the religious tourism pie because of the direct international flights that are set to commence between Bhubaneswar and Kuala Lumpur next month. Odisha wants to focus on promoting Buddhist tourism.
With the air connection to Kuala Lumpur will bring Odisha on the of Buddhist tourism map and efforts would be made to woo Buddhist tourists from South Asian and South East Asian countries.
This is reported in timesofindia.indiatimes.com dated 4 March 2017.

Odisha tourism is pursuing a Rs 100 crore project for developing the Buddhist Circuit of Odisha under the Swadesh Darshan scheme of Central Government. The concept of religious tourism has changed over the years and it is now much mire than visiting temples, monuments or archaeological sites. Religious tourism today embraces yoga, performing arts, temple food and cuisine, and festivals.
The Govardhan Eco-village has been awarded for being a sustainable tourism model, by the United Nations World Tourism Organisation.


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