panaji land water and air is on goas tourism agenda this weekend as the state is set to launch hotair balloons and amphibious vessels although goa tourism is planning a launch this saturday the activities will only be fully functional by the next tourism season which begins in september no state in india currently has amphibious vehicles and their introduction by goa is likely to give the state an edge over its rival kerala another of goas ambitious projects the sea plane has been pushed to the next season speaking to toi on thursday tourism minister dilip parulekar said that the launch of the hot air balloon service was slightly delayed because of issues relating to permissions from the directorate general of civil aviation dgca camping retreats pvt ltd a delhibased agency has been selected to provide the hot air balloon service while a usbased consortium with the assistance of dsouza leisure pvt ltd goa has been selected to provide the amphibious vehicle service the tourism minister said that while they want to have hot air balloon services at important tourist spots in the state it would happen only by next season as the service requires dry weather to begin with the service will be launched at campal whereas the amphibious bus facility will take off from patto hot air balloon services are currently popular in rajasthan mumbai pune mp delhi and other places it has already been introduced in in goa there will be two hotair balloons in the introductory phase adventure enthusiasts look forward to such activities and hot air ballooning is one of them as flying with a balloon is a novel experience suraj naik a hotel manager in north goa said adventure sports have gained popularity in goa