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Hot
air balloon attracts tourists in Manali by
Prem Thakur Manali:
Tourists from across the country enjoyed hot air ballooning in Manali hill resort
in Himachal Pradesh, located at an altitude of 2050 metres, which boasts of a
beautiful countryside dotted with orchards, snow clad mountains, lush valleys
and dense forests. Hot air balloon operators who charge 10.37 and 5.18 dollars
for adults and children respectively believe that the exotic beauty of this place
combined adventure sports like ballooning is a heady mix and would also give them
good earnings. "It is quite possible that the sports will do good business here,"
said Rakesh, an organiser. Tourists said that flying over lush green valley gave
them an enthralling experience. "When we went up, it seemed that we are floating
on the clouds, it was really a nice experience," said Sachin, a tourist. Apart
from hot air ballooning, the hill resort is also popular for white water river
rafting, paragliding, mountaineering, rock climbing, rappelling, tracking, snow
sports like skiing, snow biking and horse riding. With its panorama of temples,
rivers and mountain peaks, Himachal Pradesh, a heavily tourism dependent economy,
has been pitching aggressively to tap the vast potential of adventure sports. -July
29, 2009 Go
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