How Eco-Tourism is generating economic boost for India’s Odisha state

Eco-tourism is becoming an increasingly important part of India’s economic growth. Just take a look at the state of Odisha. Located on the on the Eastern coast of India, on the Bay of Bengal, Odisha’s investment into eco-tourism is beginning to pay off, as it’s expected to generate some Rs6 Crore (£ 700,000) in revenue by the end of the 2018-19 financial year and providing a boost to local Government coffers.

As the popularity of the sector continues to grow, so too will the India Government’s return on its investment.

Of course, this economic benefit hasn’t happened overnight. However, nor has it taken as long as one might anticipate. The Odisha State Government has invested some Rs34 crore (£ 4 million) during the 2016-17 to 2018-19 financial years, into 37 separate eco-tourism locations across the state.

The eco-tourism offerings, created and managed by Odisha’s Forest and Environment Department are expected to reach Rs 10 crore (£ 1 Million) in the 2019-20 financial year, according to the department’s chief conservator of Forests and wildlife.

As you can see, even though the end of the current fiscal period has not yet arrived, the region is already seeing notable revenue generation form its investments, with further growth anticipated. That highlights the popularity of eco-tourism and hospitality as a something that’s more than a passing trend.

For the Indian sub-continent, which is awash with natural beauty and a growing desire to enhance that, with green, eco-friendly and carbon neutral hotels and other hospitality sector developments, now is the perfect time to support that ambition. Not only does it give tourists – from both India and the rest of the world – the opportunity to retain their eco-consciousness even when they travel far afield. But it also provides an option for investors to make socially responsible and sustainable financial decisions, too.

That’s essentially why opting for sustainable and eco-friendly investments is a good decision right now; they provide an option for travellers, countries and investors, who hold to environmental ideals that are now possible.

But Odisha isn’t the only region in India to pursue eco-friendly tourism. There are a growing number of mid-market eco-hotels that are continuing to expand across India. We’ve previously highlighted how Lemon Tree hotels is already proving a success in terms of cost controls and room occupancy rates.

Our own carbon neutral hotel group Eco Hotels, meanwhile, builds on everything we’ve mentioned here – and more. Demand for hotels across India is strong and rising, boosted in part, by the increasing middle-classes of the region.

Creating an eco-friendly hotel chain fulfills all the needs that we have identified:

• The growing number of hotels across the subcontinent.
• Creating sustainable, carbon neutral tourism options.
• Giving investors peace of mind that their decision to support Eco Hotels, is a socially and environmentally responsible one, as well as a sound financial one.

Red Ribbon is the founder of Eco Hotels, the world’s first carbon neutral hotel brand which offers “green hospitality” as part of a progressive roll out across India designed to take advantage of current market opportunities on the subcontinent. The brand meets all key sustainability criteria without compromising on either quality or standards of hospitality and is designed to cater for commercial and recreational travellers alike.

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Red Ribbon CEO, Suchit Punnose said:

The quick and impressive revenue generation from the commitment of an entire Indian state to eco-friendly tourism, only works to highlight our belief that socially and environmentally responsible developments and investment decisions, are the right path for, not only Red Ribbon, but the broader investment community.

Eco hotels, that are created to provide business and leisure travellers with the accommodation they desire, in the location of their choice, is just one way we are supporting this view. With demand for such options growing both domestically and internationally, the Eco Hotels brand is proud to be built with carbon neutrality and green credentials as part of its fundamental core.

I’m proud that Eco Hotels have done just that from the very beginning of the project, and proud too of the part Red Ribbon has played in developing the brand and its ambitions in the succeeding years, spearheading an environmentally friendly response to India’ resurgent tourism demands.

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