Authors : Yugal Kishore Mohanta, Santosh Kumar Jena, Bimal Jena, Atanu Kumar Kundu, Umesh Kumar Parida

At the outset, the author of the book welcomes Jugal Kishor Mahant, Santosh Jena, Bimal Jena, Rabinarayan Rout, Atanu Kundu who have joined me as coauthors of this text, a credit which would have been given earlier to them as they were helping in a latent way in the evolution of the book.

Tourism is one of the most successful and fast growing business activities in the world. Economic diversification and technological improvement has created a very conducive environment for tourism development.

Tourism is a constantly growing industry and it has considerable potential in Odisha. A balanced climate, green vegetation, natural tourist spots, fully literate population etc can be considered as Odisha’s strength in tourism. Odisha, the eastern State of India, has been referre…