Rise in tourist arrivals at Yelagiri Hills - Serena Josephine. M

Rise in tourist arrivals at Yelagiri Hills - Serena Josephine. M

Yelagiri Hills :
                            Yelagiri Hills witnessed a substantial rise in tourist arrivals this May. Other than tourists from surrounding areas, Chennai and Bangalore, adventure enthusiasts poured into Yelagiri during the summer vacation for trekking and paragliding.

According to the Tourist Information Centre at Yelagiri, around 1.5 lakh tourists visited Yelagiri in May alone. This was an increase from one lakh tourists in May 2010. On the last Sunday of the month – May 29 – the hills received nearly 10,000 tourists.

“There were about 5,000 tourists in April. But May was the peak season with huge inflow of tourists due to the school holidays. At least 75 per cent of the tourists came to Yelagiri during the weekends. There was heavy crowd on May 29,” said Tourist Information Officer G. Sudhagar.

Persons from local areas including Tirupattur, Vaniyambadi and Ambur thronged Yelagiri for the summer vacation. Tourists from Chennai and Bangalore were also found in large number and the hotels were full for nearly two months, he added.

The boat house, Murugan temple, Nature park and musical fountain turned to be a huge hit among the tourists. In fact, many adventure lovers turned up for the vacation to go on trekking here, he said, adding, “We received at least 600 persons including from Chennai for trekking trips during April and May. Many of them trekked to Swamimalai and Sunset point.”

With Yelagiri turning into a hotspot for adventure sports activities, particularly paragliding, year after year, the summer vacation also saw a number of paragliding pilots visiting the hills. “There are three take-off sites for paragliding at Yelagiri. Pilots register at the tourism office for a year and receive passes, ” he said.

Summer Festival / Dog show Picture (Kodai Viza)

Yelagiri Boat House,Nature Park.

Summer Festival Picture (Kodai Viza)

Summer fete at Yelagiri Hills on July 9, 10
Yelagiri:
Summer festival will be held at Yelagiri Hills on July 9 and 10. Various events such as flower show, food festival, cultural shows and light music programmes will be held as part of the festival.
A consultative meeting on organising the festival at the hills was conducted on Tuesday. Collector S. Nagarajan chaired the meeting, a release said.
The meeting discussed various works to be undertaken to organise the festival. The following programmes have been planned for the festival – exhibition to explain works carried out by government departments, flower exhibition, dog show, food festival, leather products exhibition, fashion show, competitions, including bicycle riding, comedy show of small screen artists, cultural programmes by college students, magic show, light music programmes and fireworks show.
Discussion on organising free medical camp on the two days for villagers of the hills was also held Programmes to explain fire prevention methods have also been planned. The meeting also discussed steps to be taken to prevent traffic congestion during the festival days, operating special buses, providing uninterrupted power supply, drinking water and stationing a fire tender on the spot, the release said.
Members of Legislative Assembly K.C. Veeramani (Jolarpet constituency), Govi. Sampath Kumar (Vaniyambadi) and officials of various departments were present.

Summer Festival Picture (Kodai Viza)