CHENNAI: Tourists visiting the Bannerghatta National Park located in the outskirts of Bangalore will soon enjoy night safaris. The project of setting up night safari is progressing and it will take two more years to get completed, said the director of Karnataka Tourism K Viswanatha Reddy.
The 25,000-acre park is home to panthers, lions, tigers and a large variety of birds. On the ensuing projects by the Karnataka State Tourism Development Corporation (KSTDC) he told reporters that the Corporation had also planned to introduce cruise tourism in their State. He said, “Two cruises will be coming to Mangalore and another will be anchored in high seas, offering entertainment like bar and casino under the Public Private Partnership model.
Likewise, we have also decided to launch Heli Tourism in places like Coorg.” Pointing out that steps had been initiated to make Bangalore as the hub of medical tourism in South Asia, he said, this could be achieved with the chain of hospitals in the Silicon Valley of India.
He said, “the city could be made the health tourism destination as the cost of treatment is just between 30 and 35 per cent when compared to global rates.” He said, the KSTDC was also expected to come up with two new schemes such as ‘Karnataka unforgettable weekends’ and ‘Hop Across- Holidays,’ exclusively for the people of Chennai.