{"id":1033,"date":"2007-11-29T12:38:39","date_gmt":"2007-11-29T16:38:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.orissalinks.com\/orissagrowth\/?p=1033"},"modified":"2007-11-29T12:38:39","modified_gmt":"2007-11-29T16:38:39","slug":"irctc-tour-packages-from-orissa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.orissalinks.com\/orissagrowth\/archives\/1033","title":{"rendered":"IRCTC tour packages from Orissa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Following is an excerpt from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newindpress.com\/NewsItems.asp?ID=IEQ20071128225620&amp;Page=Q&amp;Headline=Tour+packages+for+pilgrims%2C+holidaymakers+from+IRCTC&amp;Title=ORISSA&amp;Topic=0&amp;\">a news report in New Indian Express<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nGiving safety and passenger comfort the utmost priority, the regional office of Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) has rolled out well-knit packages for pilgrims and holiday-makers for the first time to major tourist places in the country.<\/p>\n<p>\n&#8230; The new packages, however, do not include ghat sections. Nonetheless IRCTC has left no room for complaints. \u2018\u2018We have even posted a manager who would look into the wellbeing of the people round the clock,\u2019\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n<p>\nThe packages include a week-long tour to North covering New Delhi, Jammu, Haridwar and Risikesh. The cost per adult has been fixed at Rs 11,800. Similarly, the \u2018explore Rajasthan\u2019 tour package, taking travellers to all known places, has been priced at Rs 17,050. They include expenses like on and off board catering, board and travelling.<\/p>\n<p>\nOptimum return of the money spent would be the USP of the plans. The third package called \u2018 Southern Splendours I and II \u2014 covering places like Bangalore, Mysore, Ooty and Hassan among others \u2014 would cost between Rs 10,250 and Rs 10,650.<\/p>\n<p>\nIn the ensuing months, IRCTC would also offer travel plans to Madurai , Rameswaram and Kanyakumari. Likewise, tour packages to Darjelling , Gangtok and Peling are also on the cards. It is also contemplating to offer customised packages.<\/p>\n<p>\nMeanwhile, IRCTC\u2019s budget hotel project in Bhubaneswar would start soon, having received nod from the State Government. It will come up in front of the Railway station. IRCTC has also acquired about five acres at Bhabakundaleswar near Satapada at Chilika Lake for a similar project.<\/p>\n<p>\nMohanty said, plans for the budget hotels in Cuttack, Puri and Visakhapatnam are awaiting the Railway Board\u2019s clearance.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following is an excerpt from a news report in New Indian Express. Giving safety and passenger comfort the utmost priority, the regional office of Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) has rolled out well-knit packages for pilgrims and holiday-makers for the first time to major tourist places in the country. &#8230; The new packages, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48,320,85,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1033","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bhubaneswar-cuttack-puri","category-chilika","category-hotels-and-resorts","category-indian-railways-and-orissa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.orissalinks.com\/orissagrowth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1033","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.orissalinks.com\/orissagrowth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.orissalinks.com\/orissagrowth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.orissalinks.com\/orissagrowth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.orissalinks.com\/orissagrowth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1033"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.orissalinks.com\/orissagrowth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1033\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.orissalinks.com\/orissagrowth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1033"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.orissalinks.com\/orissagrowth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1033"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.orissalinks.com\/orissagrowth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1033"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}