Over 30 campsites were developed and in execution in different districts of Madhya Pradesh, Tourist from all over the country coming to camping in Madhya Pradesh to feel the nature and enjoy the Adventure activities such as jungle Morning/Night trek, Mountain climbing, tractor ride, water sports activities and many more apart from these adventure activities tourists are very much enjoying Camping, Team Games, Live Music, Music with Bonfire, Dance, Open Sumo Ride, Archery, Kabaddi, Tree Plantation, Tug of War, Cleanliness Drive and many more.
The MP Tourism Board started off in 2018 and tackled the new realm of adventure in the state. They strived to focus on some of the unique camping and adventure arrangements in the state to make this mission a success. Under this project, 40 campsites will be created this year. Along with it, around 200 local people have been employed and over this period of time, more than 4000 tourists booked these camping and adventure activities across Madhya Pradesh.
With a lot of rigorous planning as well as execution, the tourism board has increased the adventure manifolds in Madhya Pradesh. Mostly focusing on the youth and families, it has been pretty successful by bringing them closer to nature through unique camping sites and activities like waterfall treks, wildlife safari, jungle walks, and many more. Apart from these, 12 new excursion routes were created along the National Highway for organizing biking and cycling tours. There have also been several successful events organised like Adventure Next, Omkareshwar Festival, Cycling Tours, etc. These not only attracted locals and Indian tourists but also fascinated the foreigners.
“Currently we have set up 30 Adventure Campsites in MP and we are planning to set-up around 100 adventure campsites, so that everyone can come and experience the great outdoors of MP which has for so long being hidden from the eyes of the adventure lovers. As Madhya Pradesh has received the best adventure State award for two consecutive years from Ministry of tourism,” Faiz Ahmed Kidwai, Managing Director, Madhya Pradesh Tourism Board, says.