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| Saturday, 15 November 2003 |
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Sea planes taking tourism to new heights by S. M. Jiffrey Abdeen, Kandy South Group Correspondent Sea Planes or Float Carriers which is the latest promote tourism and improve the mode of transport for tourists made their maiden flight from Katunayake to the Victoria Reservoir in Rajawella on November 12 morning welcomed by a large crowd on arrival. This was a trial run by the SriLankan Airlines owned Sea Planes before going into the transport of tourists in a big way. From the Victoria Reservoir the sea plane flew to Lake Gregory, Nuwara Eliya . These attractive looking aircraft with amphibian capabilities first landed on the Victoria Reservoir waters and moved close to the golf course of the Victoria Golf and Country Resort where coloured barrels had been placed to demarcate the shallow and deep areas. It taxied along the waters for a couple of times before taking off to the salubrious hills. The British born Secretary of the Victoria Golf and Country Resort, Mrs. Janine Weeratunga said that this successful landing of the sea plane was major breakthrough for the promotion of tourism through sports. It will just take 30 minutes to fly from Katunayake to the Victoria Golf Course and the pier which will be built close to the club and in fact walking distance. But a road will be cut with the approval to make it motorable from the pier upto the club house. It is unbelievable that the whole journey from the Katunayake International Airport to the Victoria Golf Course would take around 40 minutes which is the time taken from Kandy to the Golf Course by which is bumpy and if do not get caught to traffic snarls and jams. This is certainly going to invite more people to take to have a lot of time at their hands. At present the journey by road from Katunayake to Victoria takes around four hours or more that is if you do not get caught to traffic snarls or traffic jams. Marketing Coordinator of the Victoria Golf Club and Country Resort, Lalindra Ranaweera said that we can now look forward to an increased number of golfers coming to Victoria. Chalets will also be constructed to accommodate golfers which is the latest addition to the club which has bigger plans for the future to combine tourism and golf after the success of the recent SriLankan Airlines Golf Classic. |
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