Tourism department works on 5,300 acre land bank

BHUBANESWAR: Aimed at giving tourism infrastructure and investment in the state a boost, the Tourism department has identified a land bank of over 5,000 acre across several destinations.

As per official reports, the department in collaboration with the Odisha Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (IDCO) has identified land parcels of 5,300 acre (1,888 plots) and 22 tourism destinations in the state. These destinations include Bhitarkanika, Chandaka, Chilika, Dhauli, Satkosia, Debrigarh, Tampara and Puri-Konark, among other places. and