IRCTC offers new Singapore-Malaysia, Sri Lanka Ramayana tours

New Delhi [India], Sep 10 (ANI): Buoyed by the steadily increasing popularity of its domestic travel and tours operations, IRCTC is now expanding its international offerings too with new packages covering Singapore, Malaysia and Sri Lanka. The enchanting Singapore and Malaysia and the Sri Ramayana Yatra, Sri Lanka tours, departing from New Delhi, are now open for bookings and will be fully managed by the IRCTC North Zone which will arrange for the visa, air journey, meals and hotel stay, road travel and sightseeing for the travelers. An experienced tour manager from IRCTC will accompany the group and oversee the services. The five night six day enchanting Singapore and Malaysia tour will depart on Oct 13, 2016 by Milindo Airlines. Tourists will stay at Singapore for three nights with sightseeing at the Singapore Flyer, Night Safari, City Tour and Sentosa Island. In Malaysia, they will visit Genting Highlands, Batu Cave, Snow World and Kuala Lumpur city. There are three additional departure programmes for this tour one on October 19, 2016 and two in March 2017 (on 24th and 30th). For culture aficionados, IRCTC has created a unique Ramayana-themed tour to Sri Lanka, covering significant destinations including the Ashok Vatika, Sita Mata Temple, Bhakta Hanuman Temple, Anjanair Temple, Vibhishana Temple, Munavari and Muishwaram Shiva Temple. The five nights six day tour, departing from Delhi on November 24, 2016, will also cover other popular locations in Sri Lanka such as the Nogambo beach, Pennawalla elephant orphanage, Ramboda waterwall, Nuwara Elliya hill station, Grogery Lake, Kandy Tooth Temple and Colombo city tour. The tour cost is Rs. 72,580 per person for the enchanting Singapore and Malaysia tour and Rs. 48220 per person for the Sri Lanka Ramayana tour, including visa charges, airfare, hotel stay, meals, road transport, sightseeing, guide charges and taxes. IRCTC will run the Sri Lanka tour again on December 10 this year, and in 2017 on January 12, February 10 and March 2. The mini-ratna Tourism and catering wing of the Indian Railways operates tours to several other popular foreign destinations including Australia, Thailand, Nepal, Bhutan and Dubai. (ANI)