With launch of direct flights from Bhubaneswar to Dubai, Bangkok and Singapore - under Viability Gap Funding scheme - Odisha government hopes to boost tourism.
Direct flights connecting Bhubaneswar to Dubai, Bangkok and Singapore - under the Viability Gap Funding scheme - launched.
Direct flights connecting Bhubaneswar to Dubai, Bangkok and Singapore - under the Viability Gap Funding scheme - launched.
"The target is to double the foreign tourist arrivals by 2025 to 2.5 lakh from the pre-Covid peak of 1.2 lakh witnessed in 2019," Sachin Jadhav, Director of Tourism Odisha, said.
The Odisha government has allocated ₹660 crore in its budget for the current financial year for the tourism sector.
“With the launch of direct flights with these three cities, we expect a surge in international tourists taking onward flights to Odisha,” Jadhav said during the Odisha Tourism Roadshow here.
“We have shown a more proactive approach in starting direct flights to Bhubaneswar to Dubai, which began on May 15, and Bangkok and Singapore on Jun 3,” he said.
Connecting Bhubaneswar to these three destinations will not only boost tourism but also bolster trade links, he said.
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