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The Department of Tourism has a Composite office. Directorate of Tourism is a part of this Composite office with 35 Tourist offices located in different parts of the State and outside, 30 Tourist Offices are in 30 districts of the State such as Puri, Khordha, Nayagarh, Cuttack, Jajpur, Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapada, Balasore, Bhadrak, Mayurbhanj (Baripada), Keonjhar, Sundargarh (Rourkela), Sambalpur, Bargarh, Jharsuguda, Deogarh, Dhenkanal, Angul, Balangir, Sonepur, Kalahandi (Bhawanipatna), Nuapada, Koraput, Rayagada, Malkangiri, Nabarangpur, Kandhamal (Phulbani), Boudh, Ganjam (Berhampur), Gajapati (Paralakhemundi), 2 Destination offices are in Bhubaneswar and Konark, each headed by a Tourist officer and 3 Tourist offices outside the State, each headed by an Assistant Director, are at New Delhi, Kolkata and Chennai. 

Besides, there are 7 Tourist Information Counters - 3 inside the state at Bhubaneswar Airport, Bhubaneswar Railway Station and Puri Railway Station and other 4 outside the state at Howrah (WB), Vizianagaram (AP), Raipur (Chhattisgarh) and Navi Mumbai (Maharashtra) for assisting tourists.