“After they saw Puri and our properties, they want to sell Bhubaneswar, Chilika Lake and Puri as one circuit, and some are also including Gopalpur. They are packaging Odisha as a five days-six nights destination which is a big gain for us from this event.”Mohanty said that connectivity, once a challenge, has improved considerably. Chilika, where Swosti already operates a major resort, is also emerging as a high-end wedding and lifestyle destination. Mohanty, who is also president of Hotel & Restaurant Association of Odisha, also pinned hopes on the new tourism policy expected from the Odisha government soon. Based on the series of consultations that the industry had with the government on the draft policy, Mohanty expected the new policy, which is likely to be announced next month, will have added incentives and might also proposals to eliminate the flaws of the last tourism policy.