Naveen authorities to assist Odisha’s Covid-hit tourism trade revive
2 min read By Express News Service
BHUBANESWAR: With the coronavirus pandemic dealing a crippling blow to the State’s journey and tourism trade, the Odisha authorities might quickly announce a monetary bundle for the sector’s revival, stated Minister of Tourism Jyoti Prakash Panigrahi on Saturday.
Addressing the digital roundtable on ‘Covid-19: Impact on the State Tourism Sector’, organised by FICCI, Panigrahi stated that the finances allotted for the tourism sector this 12 months has seen an unprecedented enhance.
“The Chief Minister wants Odisha Tourism to reach global standards. He is expected to announce financial packages for the tourism sector soon,” the Minister stated and added that the sector wants assist to bounce again.
He additionally stated that whereas within the authorities scheme of issues tourism might rank a bit of decrease than different precedence sectors like well being and schooling, it is a vital sector that should be supported.
Tourism Secretary Vishal Kumar Dev stated that the federal government is conscious of the issues confronted by the tourism and hospitality sector.
“We are working on a detailed support package to be offered to the industry which would include hotels, restaurants, tour operators, and self-employed people including photographers and guides,” he stated.
FICCI Odisha State Council chair and Sambad Group MD Monica Nayyar Patnaik stated that the FICCI Odisha State Council has partnered with the State authorities as its nationwide trade accomplice for numerous programmes like Make in Odisha, Krushi Odisha and Odisha 50 and is organising digital roundtable on numerous sectors.
“We (FICCI) are also a part of the State government’s task force in vaccination drives and procuring medical oxygen supply,” she stated.
Co-Chair of FICCI Tourism National Committee and Swosti Group CMD JK Mohanty counseled State authorities’s struggle towards the pandemic in addition to the pure calamities together with the Yaas cyclone lately.
