1. 25 Foreign Tour Operators and 83 Domestic Tour Operators to participate
2. Exhibition, B2B meetings, B2G meetings, FAM Tour Planned
Odisha Tazanews (26,Oct.Wed) Bhubaneswar :- In order to promote Odisha to both domestic and foreign tourist, the Department of Tourism, Govt. of Odisha and Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) to jointly host 4th Odisha Travel Bazar (OTB) 2022 from October 28-30, 2022 at Bhubaneswar, Odisha. Hon’ble Chief Minister of Odisha Shri Naveen Patnaik will inaugurate the event on 2022 October 28. The event will focus on B2B meeting between Tourism Fraternity of Odisha (Sellers) with Domestic Tour Operators (DTOs) and Foreign Tour Operators (FTOs) followed by various FAM tours to the destinations of the state like Bhubaneswar, Konark, Puri, Chilika, Dhauli, Bhitarkanika and Lalitgiri.
B2G meeting with investors and Airlines also planned. Sellers will get chance to exhibit their product over the 3-days exhibition to be organised on the venue. About 25 Foreign Tour Operators from countries like Bangladesh, Indonesia, Malaysia, Nepal, Singapore, Tanzania, Thailand and Vietnam confirmed their participation for 4th edition of Odisha Travel Bazar. Similarly, 83 buyers from cities like Aurangabad, Bangalore, Bhopal, Chandigarh, Chandrapur, Chennai, Dehradun, Guwahati, Hyderabad,Jaipur, Kochi, Kolkata, Ludhiana, Mangalgiri, Mumbai, Nagpur, Nasik, New Delhi and NCR, Panjim, Pune, Raipur, Rohtak, Siliguri, Surendra Nagar, Trivendrum, Varanasi and Visakhapatnam will also participate in the event. In this regards a press conference was organised on 2022 October at Hotel Mayfair Lagoon, Bhubaneswar where chief guest Shri Ashwini Kumar Patra, Hon’ble Minister of Odia Language, Literature & Culture, Excise and Tourism,Govt. of Odisha said that, “Odisha is abundance of natural resources. Our state is gaining recognition as a Cultural and spiritual tourism hub in recent years. With 482 KMs long coastline, 19 wildlife sanctuaries and our rich culture and heritage, Odisha has full of potential to attract tourist from across the globe. We are going to organize 3-day Odisha Travel Bazar, where we will showcase the tourism potential of the state to domestic and foreign tour operators.” Shri Surendra Kumar, Principal Secretary, Department of Tourism, Govt. of Odisha said talks about the uniqueness of Odisha, how Caravan are prevalent in Kerala, Maharastra like states and in European countries and how they are cheaper as compared to staying in hotel rooms. He also emphasizes on importance of infrastructure development for promotion of tourism. He said that, “The main objective of organizing Odisha Travel Bazar is to provide a platform to local seller and tour operators. We also have plan to organizing B2B and G2B meeting.” Shri Sachin Ramchandra Jadhav, Director, Department of Tourism, Govt. of Odisha said that, “We are organizing fourth edition of Odisha Travel Bazar after Covid gap. This is the flagship initiative of Odisha Tourism which is essentially a business facilitate initiative.The objective of this event is to aggressively promote the tourist destination of Odisha to domestic buyer of India as well as international market.” Shri J K Mohanty, Co-Chairman, FICCI Travel, Tourism and Hospitality Committee and CMD, Swosti Hotels said that, “Odisha Tourism department doing excellent job for promotion of tourist destination of Odisha. For this year, our main focus is on domestic tour operators because 80 percent of our inbound tourists are from within the country. This time FICCI has also giving more focus on South East Asian countries because of many similarities between our food and culture with them. On this occasion, Shri Ansuman Rath, OSD, Department of Tourism, Govt. of Odisha also present. Objectives of Odisha Travel Bazar 2022 is to create a platform to aggressively promote the tourist destinations of Odisha to domestic buyers from India. Consequently, the strategic focus would be to improve domestic tourism.
1. 25 Foreign Tour Operators and 83 Domestic Tour Operators to participate
Odisha Tazanews (26,Oct.Wed) Bhubaneswar :- In order to promote Odisha to both domestic and foreign tourist, the Department of Tourism, Govt. of Odisha and Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) to jointly host 4th Odisha Travel Bazar (OTB) 2022 from October 28-30, 2022 at Bhubaneswar, Odisha. Hon’ble Chief Minister of Odisha Shri Naveen Patnaik will inaugurate the event on 2022 October 28. The event will focus on B2B meeting between Tourism Fraternity of Odisha (Sellers) with Domestic Tour Operators (DTOs) and Foreign Tour Operators (FTOs) followed by various FAM tours to the destinations of the state like Bhubaneswar, Konark, Puri, Chilika, Dhauli, Bhitarkanika and Lalitgiri. 
Jaipur, Kochi, Kolkata, Ludhiana, Mangalgiri, Mumbai, Nagpur, Nasik, New Delhi and NCR, Panjim, Pune, Raipur, Rohtak, Siliguri, Surendra Nagar, Trivendrum, Varanasi and Visakhapatnam will also participate in the event. In this regards a press conference was organised on 2022 October at Hotel Mayfair Lagoon, Bhubaneswar where chief guest Shri Ashwini Kumar Patra, Hon’ble Minister of Odia Language, Literature & Culture, Excise and Tourism,
Govt. of Odisha said that, “Odisha is abundance of natural resources. Our state is gaining recognition as a Cultural and spiritual tourism hub in recent years. With 482 KMs long coastline, 19 wildlife sanctuaries and our rich culture and heritage, Odisha has full of potential to attract tourist from across the globe. We are going to organize 3-day Odisha Travel Bazar, where we will showcase the tourism potential of the state to domestic and foreign tour operators.” Shri Surendra Kumar, Principal Secretary, Department of Tourism, Govt. of Odisha said talks about the uniqueness of Odisha, how Caravan are prevalent in Kerala, 
Maharastra like states and in European countries and how they are cheaper as compared to staying in hotel rooms. He also emphasizes on importance of infrastructure development for promotion of tourism. He said that, “The main objective of organizing Odisha Travel Bazar is to provide a platform to local seller and tour operators. We also have plan to organizing B2B and G2B meeting.” Shri Sachin Ramchandra Jadhav, Director, Department of Tourism, Govt. of Odisha said that, “We are organizing fourth edition of Odisha Travel Bazar after Covid gap. This is the flagship initiative of Odisha Tourism which is essentially a business facilitate initiative.
The objective of this event is to aggressively promote the tourist destination of Odisha to domestic buyer of India as well as international market.” Shri J K Mohanty, Co-Chairman, FICCI Travel, Tourism and Hospitality Committee and CMD, Swosti Hotels said that, “Odisha Tourism department doing excellent job for promotion of tourist destination of Odisha. For this year, our main focus is on domestic tour operators because 80 percent of our inbound tourists are from within the country. 
This time FICCI has also giving more focus on South East Asian countries because of many similarities between our food and culture with them. On this occasion, Shri Ansuman Rath, OSD, Department of Tourism, Govt. of Odisha also present. Objectives of Odisha Travel Bazar 2022 is to create a platform to aggressively promote the tourist destinations of Odisha to domestic buyers from India. Consequently, the strategic focus would be to improve domestic tourism.
