Odisha makes an aggressive pitch for the next wave of tourism investment

Odisha used the 7th Odisha Travel Bazaar to unveil a new tourism portal and an online investment-incentive system aimed at attracting domestic and international capital into tourism infrastructure.

The state’s strategy reportedly includes around ₹1,500 crore in tourism infrastructure allocation for 2026–31, alongside a 5,500-acre tourism land bank. The emphasis is on accommodation, digital services, visitor safety and experience-led tourism. This builds on Odisha’s tourism reset and the state’s push to attract private capital through new tourism policies.

Why it matters: Odisha is attempting to move beyond the traditional beach-and-heritage proposition towards an investment-led destination model.

For hotel groups, DMCs and tour operators, that potentially means more inventory and more product in a state that remains underdeveloped relative to India’s established tourism markets. The state’s wider hotel expansion story is also relevant to this shift.

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