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Hello
My name is Sujit Patnaik &’am of about 50yrs of age residing in a small village-Kalyanpur near Khurda which is also a district headquarter in Orissa state in India. I am engaged in a Pvt. Concern at Biju Patnaik Airport Bhubaneswar and during the course of my duties I have come across a lot of tourists mostly from U.K., Australia, West Germany and even Russia expressing their desire to spend their stay in a typical village and their disappointment in not being able to do so. Most of these tourists were serious minded citizens who wanted to know the Jaggannath culture of Orissa and felt that this is served best by living in a typical village mixing with the common man observing their culture, lifestyles, festivals their day to day activities and their general outlook. To let their culture seep in gradually & naturally. This is not possible by staying in a star hotel in a big city taking guided tours where your time is not yours but dictated by others subject to availability of time and finances. Feeling this lack of amenities to be genuine I therefore submit this tentative enquiry for the benefit of all those planning to visit Orissa to please submit their responses to help me to decide whether to take up this project, initially in a small scale with my limited resources to accommodate one or two families at a time. Please feel free to send in your reactions however negative they might be to my mail. Please also note that Khurda also is not lacking in places of tourist interests. In fact distance between Bhubaneswar to Puri is the same as Khurda to Puri and some places nearer than from Bhubaneswar.
Awaiting a reply soon
Sujit
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