Arrangements for helicopter safari service for the domestic and foreign tourists in Chitral have been completed and approval has been given for the immediate launch of the heli service before the start of the 3-day Shandur Polo Festival in Chitral Upper being inaugurated on Friday, June 28.
In the light of the instructions of the Advisor to the Chief Minister for Tourism and Culture Zahid Chanzeb, Director General Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Culture and Tourism Authority (KPCTA) Barkatullah Marwat signed an MoU with Petronet Aviation Authority during a simple ceremony held at his office in Peshawar cantt on Wednesday. With this new development the heli service for tourists has been launched immediately.
Hence according to the announcement of the Advisor to the Chief Minister on Tourism and Culture, Zahid Chanzeb, the helicopter service for tourists has been officially launched, which he had done before the budget meeting. Before the announcement, he contacted the Chief Minister, Sardar Ali Amin Gandapur and took him into confidence while the Chief Minister appreciated this initiative and assured his full cooperation in this regard.
On the occasion of the MoU signing ceremony, Director General KPCTA Barkatullah Marwat clarified that helicopter service has been started for the convenience of tourists in wake of the Shandur Polo Festival. As per the agreement tourists will benefit from this service considerably and tourism will flourish in Chitral by leaps and bounds. He said that four packages of the safari helicopter tourism service have been designed.
The first heli package includes a flight and aerial tour over Chitral Airport, Kailash Valley and Lowari Tunnel. Package Two includes aerial tour from Chitral Airport and Trip to Tirich Mir Peak.
