<span style="color: #222222;">The Odisha government has directed the Tourism and the Forest department to prepare a 'Home-Stay policy' near identified wildlife sanctuaries and eco-destinations. In a meeting of the Eco-Tourism Board yesterday, Chief Secretary AK Tripathy said, eco-tourism would be developed along professional lines through the creation of market demand and private sector linkages. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The meeting also decided to further develop the eco-sites with facilities like sports, trekking, wildlife watching, cycling, boating, jungle safari, photography, canopy walk and farm visits activities.   Fourty eco-tourist destinations have already been developed and made open to the visitors in different parts of the State. </span><br />