Karnataka Tourism Minister C P Yogeshwar said, “Jakkur will be used for landing and take-off purposes. A circuit will be prepared for tourists to take helicopters to Goa, Tamil Nadu, Pondicherry and Kerala. The heli-tourism services can be even used by VVIPs and for emergency services.”
The proposed heliport would be constructed at Jakkur, and will have helipads to allow take-off and landing of six helicopters at a time. “As of now, three agencies for the services have also been finalized,” said a tourism department official.
Besides Bengaluru, heli-tourism will develop in other regions in the state, including Mysuru, Mangaluru, Ballari Dharwad and Kalaburagi. According to Minister Yogeshwar, Karnataka will ultimately link all district headquarters to enable helicopter travel.
In April this year, the Karnataka tourism department’s plan to launch helicopter tourism starting with Mysuru landed into a controversy after environment activists and the royal family of Mysuru objected to cutting down of trees near a hotel for the project.
Tags: Karnataka Tourism
