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importance to national 3. Business, conference and development but also an meeting important medium of cultural Nabarangapur : exchanges among nations of the 4. Study and health. world. The Treasure Foreign Tourist Tourists are temporary As per the definition of exodus population who of Tribal Department of Tourism, normally travel to Tourism and predetermined destination for Government of , a foreign whatever purposes; they tourist is a person visiting India Culture consumed tourism products on a Foreign Passport staying while travelling and return home at least 24 hours in India and after a short period the purpose of whose journey independently of whether their can be classified under one of Dasharathi Patra envisaged purpose is achieved. the following purposes : Tourists are normally divided 1. Leisure (Recreation, into two categories namely Domestic and Foreign Tourists. Holiday, Health, Study, Religion and Sports) Tourism is a highly complex Domestic Tourist : phenomenon and several 2. Business, Family, Mission academic, discipline are As per the definition of and Meeting. Department of Tourism, involved in its study "Tourism Types of Tourism is a basic and most desirable Government of India, a person will be considered a domestic human activity deserving the As per the Orissa tourist, who travel within the praise and encouragement of all Tourism Policy 1997, Tourism country to a place other than people and all Governments." in Orissa is divided into 9 types his usual place of residence and It is an industry concerned with for promotion of Tourism in the stays at hotel or any other attracting people to a State. They are as follows : destination, transporting them, commercial establishment run arrange their housing, feeding on commercial basis on paying 1. Archeological and Pilgrimage and entertain them upon arrival room rent for a duration of not Tourism and returning them to their less than 24 hours or one night and not more than 12 months homes. It deals for the most part 2. Convention Tourism at a time for any of the following with consumer tourists, the purposes : 3. Beach and Lake Tourism money they spend and the people and means which 1. Pleasure (Holiday, Leisure, 4. Cultural Tourism - Fairs and provide them with goods and Sports etc.) Festivals,Handicrafts, services (tourism products). Handloom and Tribal Arts. Tourism is not only an 2. Pilgrimage, religion and economic activity of social function 6. Holiday and Leisure Tourism

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8.Sports and Adventure Sl. Name of Importance Distance from Tourism No. identified centre in Kms. 9. Reservoir Tourism 1. Kelia shrine, religious 42 Now steps are being centre taken for Eco-Tourism 2. Nabarangapur District Headquarters 0 Development in the State. 3. Shiva shrine, religious Tourism Centre of Orissa : centre 12

There are 320 4. Podagada Historical site 52 identified Tourist Centers in 5. Religious centre. Place Orissa as on 1st May 2010 of local people's 70 declared by Govt. of Orissa. presiding deity Out of which 5 tourist centers Goddess Pendrani are in Nabarangapur district. The names of such tourist Year-wise Tourist Visit to the identified tourist centres of centers along with their Nabarangapur District. importance are given in Table-1 : 2005 2006 Name of the Domestic Foreign Total Domestic Foreign Total Orissa in the Eastern Tourist Centre Coast of India attracts Papadahandi 116000 - 116000 123630 - 123630 thousands of Domestic and Nabarangapur 31563 14 31577 32518 7 32525 Foreign Tourists every day to Umarkote 139000 - 139000 140287 - 140287 visit the various places of tourist Kelia 95000 - 95000 96645 96645 - interest. As per the Statistical Podagada - - - 3650 - 3650 Bulletin of Deptt. of Tourism,

Government of Orissa 2007 2008 63,58,445 domestic and Name of the Domestic Foreign Total Domestic Foreign Total 43,966 foreign tourists totals to Tourist Centre 64,02,411 have visted during Papadahandi 91102 - 91102 92924 - 92924 the year 2008. It will be better Nabarangapur 45375 2 45377 47200 - 47200 to reproduce the tourist arrival Umarkote 102697 - 102697 101250 - 101250 of Nabarangapur district Kelia 89262 - 89262 91050 - 91050 beginning from 2005 to various Podagada - - - 3650 - 3650 places to witness the Tribal Source : Statistical Bulletin-2008 Produced by Department of Tourism and Culture Tourism and Culture. (Tourism) Government of Orissa.

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It is found that the south by Godavari and spring and moderate scorching tourists who are coming to Vishakhapatnam of Andhra summer. The geographical Orissa firstly prefer to visit the Pradesh and Ganjam undivided location still keeps this territory sea beach and Jagannath ( of Orissa) in isolated from the coastal area. temple, ; Sun temple and the east by Srikakulam district One enters the elevating ghat sea beach of Konark, temple of Andhra Pradesh. roads spirally ascending the town with Other Attraction of lofty hill and ascending the steps Lingaraj temple, Rajarani Nabarangpur District valleys passing through as many temple, Mukteswar temple, sophisticated 36 railways Khandagiri and Udayagiri Koraput region has tunnels from Rayagada to Caves, Nandankanan Botanical picturesque natural scenery Koraput enroute. The name of garden and Zoological park with rolling mountains, such unidentified tourist centers etc. If they are arriving during meadows, roaring rivers, rapid need to be identified by the the festivals time they will waterfall, lakes, water reservoir District Administration in near definitely prefer to see the Car about 3000 ft plateau valleys future. They are at Table-2. festival of Puri, Bali Yatra of and primitive and colourful inhabitant tribals like Paraja, Tourist Traffic during , Buddha festival at Mondei since 2002 : Lalitagiri and Konark Dance Kandha, Gond, Bhatra, festival etc. The next alternative Dhurua, Amatya, Halva, As per survey tour to spend their leisure, by Banjara and Bhunjia. The conducted by District Tourist experiencing Tribal Art, Culture tribals here enjoy varieties of Office, Koraput in total Tourist is at Nabarangapur of Koraput living in different seasons with traffic to see Mondei festival at tourist circuit to enjoy the flora its misty marring of the Nabarangapur district and fauna and mostly the Tribal monsoon month, golden headquarters since 2002 is Tourism and Culture. autumn winter, the thrilling given at Table-3. Koraput region mainly Table - 2 refer to undivided Koraput Name of the Importance Distance from district. The erstwhile Koraput unidentified centre Nabarangapur district was divided into four dist. Hqrs.in Kms districts viz. Koraput, , Indravati Dam reservoir, Hydroelectricity 45 Nabarangapur, Malkangiri and power project Rayagada in 1992. The Gosain Darah Waterfall 82 undivided was Chandandhara Shaiva shrine & waterfall 100 one of the largest district Bhaskel Reservoir Reservoir for irrigation and picnic (second in rank) in the country spot in Umerkote block 85 with an area of about 27,020 Gorvari hill Shaiva shrine and picturesque sqkms. Koraput region (i.e. waterfall near Maidalpur 25 undivided Koraput district) is Manda dangari Shiva shrine with cave near 11 bounded in the north by Maidalpur of Orissa and Jagannathpur Origin place of Goddess Maa 23 Raipur of Chhatishgarh and in Bhandargharani

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Ghumardarha Waterfall in Tentulikhunti block 50 there are no such Travel and Ghumureswara Shaiva shrine with waterfall in Excursion Agency approved by Jharigaon block 40 the Department of Tourism in Jhadeswar temple Shaiva shrine in Narasinghaguda Nabarangapur district. hill side. 15 Sustainable Tourism Development in Table-3 Nabarangapur District Year Foreign Domestic Total As Nabarangapur has 2002 - 35410 35410 got rich potential in tribal culture, 2003 06 50000 50006 historical site, wooden handicraft, lacquer work, 2004 - 80010 80010 colorful festival Mondei and 2005 - 78010 78010 Dhadra Mondei; Eco-Tourism 2006 - 56650 56650 as well as agriculture tourism and water reservoir Indravati 2007 02 69400 69402 have got future prospectus for 2008 - 70050 70050 sustainable tourism. Even though, it has got Tourism Project the district, Department of its own attraction to draw large Administrative Tourism in collaboration with the District Administration numbers of tourists. The main approval for "Development of trained 21 candidates as draw back is road and Chapka Ashram Raighar- trained guide to facilitate the transport facilities as well as Pendrani" under the 12th visiting tourists in the district. infrastructure development. Financial Commission grant has Incentive to the private already started by the Tourism Approved Hostels Department of Tourism and the entrepreneur are very much To provide better essential. work will be executed by accommodation to the visiting Orissa Tourism Development tourists in the district following Corporation (OTDC) Ltd hotels are approved by the soon. Moreover, the District Department of Tourism in Administration of Nabarangapur Nabarangapur district. has taken steps for 1. Hotel Narasingha, development of Hirlidangar, Nabarangapur Saheed Minar, and Chandandhara and Podagada 2. Hotel Sarathi, for promotion of tourism in the Umerkote district. Travel and Excursion Dasarathi Patra is a Statistical Local Tourist Guide Agency Investigator, Statistics and Research Cell, Department of Looking to the tourist In order to provide Tourism, Orissa, Paryatan Bhawan, potentiality and tourist flow to better facility to the tourists Bhubaneswar - 14.

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