{"id":1316,"date":"2015-11-06T05:31:36","date_gmt":"2015-11-06T05:31:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shikhar.com\/blog\/?p=1316"},"modified":"2015-11-06T05:31:36","modified_gmt":"2015-11-06T05:31:36","slug":"gtdc-plans-bicycle-tours-heli-tourism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shikhar.com\/blog\/gtdc-plans-bicycle-tours-heli-tourism\/","title":{"rendered":"GTDC Plans Bicycle Tours, Heli Tourism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After introducing white-water rafting, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shikhar.com\/blog\/2015\/08\/20\/interesting-and-offbeat-adventure-activities-for-operators-to-consider\/\" target=\"_blank\">hot air ballooning<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shikhar.com\/mountaineering-expedition-tours.html\" target=\"_blank\">trekking expeditions<\/a> and with the launch of sea plane service on the way, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shikhar.com\/goa-tours.html\" target=\"_blank\">Goa tourism<\/a> development corporation (GTDC) plans to start <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shikhar.com\/bicycle-tours.html\" target=\"_blank\">bicycle tours<\/a>, game fishing and heli tourism inorder to &#8216;erase the image of Goa as a beach destination&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shikhar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/bangalore-to-goa-2.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1317\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shikhar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/bangalore-to-goa-2.jpg\" alt=\"bicycle tours Goa\" width=\"730\" height=\"335\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shikhar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/bangalore-to-goa-2.jpg 730w, https:\/\/www.shikhar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/bangalore-to-goa-2-300x138.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThe GTDC has floated a request for proposal (RFP) for the introduction of new tourism services. The tender notice issued by GTDC, on Tuesday, states that it wants to have new tourism services launched to provide new tourist attractions.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shikhar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/bangalore_to_goa_1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1318\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shikhar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/bangalore_to_goa_1.jpg\" alt=\"Goa bicycle tours\" width=\"730\" height=\"335\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shikhar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/bangalore_to_goa_1.jpg 730w, https:\/\/www.shikhar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/bangalore_to_goa_1-300x138.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>GTDC chairman Nilesh Cabral said bicycle enthusiasts in Goa will be roped in and routes will be identified to showcase the hinterland of Goa. He also said a fresh attempt is being make to start heli tourism.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/city\/goa\/GTDC-plans-bicycle-tours-heli-tourism\/articleshow\/49651078.cms\" target=\"_blank\">timesofindia.indiatimes.com<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After introducing white-water rafting, hot air ballooning, trekking expeditions and with the launch of sea plane service on the way, Goa tourism development corporation (GTDC) plans to start bicycle tours, game fishing and heli tourism inorder to &#8216;erase the image<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,331,330],"tags":[569,576,572,577,573,571,570,578,390,575,574],"class_list":["post-1316","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adventure-tours","category-tours-to-india","category-travel-in-india","tag-bicycle-tours","tag-goa-beach","tag-goa-tourism","tag-goa-tours","tag-gtdc","tag-heli-tourism","tag-hinterland-of-goa","tag-holiday-in-goa","tag-hot-air-ballooning","tag-trekking-expeditions","tag-white-water-rafting"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - 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