Agartala, Aug 25 - The Tripura government has decided to introduce 'heli-tourism' in the state by extending chopper services to promote tourism in the hinterland, a senior official said here Tuesday.

'To promote rural tourism, we will operate helicopter services to 20 tourism spots in Tripura,' said Madhusudhan Bhattacharjee, managing director of Tripura Tourism Development Corp.

The subsidised fare for the 20 destinations has been fixed between Rs.700 and Rs.1,500.

The government-owned helicopter services company Pawan Hans has been operating for the past eight years in the interior areas of Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Tripura and Sikkim with the central government subsidising fares by 75 percent.

In Tripura, the service covers five towns, apart from capital Agartala.