Policy-2026 aimed at strengthening tourism and aligning it with its Vision 2036 and 2047. Key reforms include lowering investment thresholds for hotels, expanding Special Zones, and introducing ...

The Odisha Cabinet approved several key proposals of different departments during a meeting held under the chairmanship of ...

Odisha recently hosted the 6th National Chilika Bird Festival 2026, highlighting its leadership in conservation-led tourism.

Jyoti Prakash Panigrahi, Odisha Minister of Tourism, and Odia Language, Literature and Culture have invited tourists and players in tourism industry to explore Odisha – India’s best kept secret.

Now, a week before the Odisha Men's Hockey World Cup gets underway in Bhubaneswar The Drum spoke with Vishal K Dev, commissioner-cum-secretary Odisha Tourism and Department of Sports and Youth ...

BHUBANESWAR: The Tourism department on Thursday signed MoUs with three organisations for conservation of existing heritage, introduction of adventure tourism and promoting Buddhist circuit. The MoUs ...

Odisha's tourism sector is showing promising recovery, with foreign tourist arrivals surging 18% to 53,392 in 2024, while domestic visitors rose 13%. Despite this growth, numbers haven't yet reached ...

As Cyclonic storm "Montha" intensifies over the west-central Bay of Bengal, Odisha Tourism has issued an advisory urging travellers and locals to postpone their travel plans to the state's coastal ...

Two young men from Odisha’s Mayurbhanj district have taken a unique initiative to put their home state on the global tourism map. In a week-long campaign across Sri Lanka, Kumaresh Nayak, a college ...

BHUBANESWAR: Private agencies operating seven properties of Tourism department have not paid their annual lease rental (ALR) running in crores and the latter has also not taken any step to terminate ...