Chief Minister N. Rangasamy on Friday formally flagged off the Puducherry Tourism Development Corporation (PTDC) tour package to Tirupati. Puducherry Tourism Development Corporation (PTDC) has tied up with Parveen Holidays Private Limited for the tour package.
The air-conditioned bus will leave Puducherry at 11 p.m. and reach Tirupati at 4 a.m. the next day. Initially, the trip to Tirupati will be held on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays in a 40-seat air-conditioned bus.
Trip in a day
The package has been designed in such a manner to help the devotees return to Puducherry in a day after having darshan at Tirupati. The package includes breakfast, darshan at Tirumala and Tirupati and lunch at a three-star hotel in Tirupati.
The bus will leave Tirupati at 6 p.m. and reach Puducherry at 10.30 p.m. The bus fare is Rs.1910 per head. Tourism Minister P. Rajavelu, Mohammed Afzal, chairman of Parveen Travels participated.
