Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation (MTDC) has announced offers to attract domestic tourists to experience the monsoon beauty of Maharashtra with an ease. The tourism board is offering a series of special offers to promote the famous monsoon destinations like Lonavala, Bhandardara, Malshej, Nashik, and Shirdi during the rainy season beginning from August till September 2016.
MTDC has introduced these special cost-effective packages to cash in on the season and giving the best deals to their enthusiastic travellers. The packages includes round trips like Mumbai-Lonavala Mumbai (2N 3D), Mumbai-Bhandardara-Mumbai (1N 2D), Mumbai Nashik-Shirdi-Bhandardara-Mumbai (2N 3D) and one day tour of Mumbai-Malshej-Mumbai along with transportation, overnight stays at hotel, breakfast and dinner. For travellers’ convenience, the tours are provided with pick up and drop options from key places like Thane and Dadar in Mumbai.
Satish Soni, Joint Managing Director, Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation said, “Monsoon is one of the key seasons to experience the glory of Maharashtra through its beautiful monsoon destinations. With beautiful and scenic monsoon destinations like Bhandardara, Malshej and Lonavala amongst few we have always experienced a surge in the demand at these places. This package will give an opportunity to more and more people to visit these popular monsoon destinations and experience the serenity of these locations all at a convenient price and a thoroughly managed tour.”
Swati Kale, General Manager, Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation said, “We have introduced these offers just in time considering the festive period ahead and are aiming to provide a cheerful and inexpensive travel experience to tourists from different walks of life. The tours are specially designed keeping in mind the popularity of these destinations and the fact that large numbers of people are drawn to these places, specifically from Mumbai. People will get an all inclusive deal at the best price.”
These new initiatives are being aggressively promoted at various platforms by MTDC and are aimed at increasing tourist footfalls to the state during the monsoon season.