Gangtok: Sikkim is fast emerging as the paragliding destination of India, and this can be gauged by the fact that adventure lovers from different parts of the world are making a beeline for the state for this thrilling experience in the foot hills of the Himalayas .
Sikkim has excellent paragliding launching sites and ridges, and the recently held first Sikkim Paragliding Festival is a testament to that.
Organised by the state's Department of Tourism and Civil Aviation in collaboration with the Paragliding Association of India (PAI) and the Sikkim Paragliding Adventure Sports Co-operative Society Limited, in 2012, it saw the participation of around 60 Indian and foreign paragliding enthusiasts.
The four-day-long festival featured events like free flying; spot landing; acro show and tandem flights.
Sikkim emerged on the nation's paragliding map after the state government sponsored 30 local youths for basic paragliding training in Manali, Himachal Pradesh, in 2008 under the Chief Minister's Self Employment and Capacity Building Program to promote adventure tourism in the state.
02/02/14 ANI/News Track India
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Sikkim has excellent paragliding launching sites and ridges, and the recently held first Sikkim Paragliding Festival is a testament to that.
Organised by the state's Department of Tourism and Civil Aviation in collaboration with the Paragliding Association of India (PAI) and the Sikkim Paragliding Adventure Sports Co-operative Society Limited, in 2012, it saw the participation of around 60 Indian and foreign paragliding enthusiasts.
The four-day-long festival featured events like free flying; spot landing; acro show and tandem flights.
Sikkim emerged on the nation's paragliding map after the state government sponsored 30 local youths for basic paragliding training in Manali, Himachal Pradesh, in 2008 under the Chief Minister's Self Employment and Capacity Building Program to promote adventure tourism in the state.
02/02/14 ANI/News Track India
