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It has been discovered that Ashtamudi lake is going through a huge degradation because of a variety of facts, jointly with air pollution. Although it has been found that several parts of the water body have been encroached, extensive waste depositing is another concern. “We will be launching a project to clear the encroachment violations […]

Tag with District Tourism Promotion Council (DTPC) of Kollam and allow them to be your guide, as you glide over the placid backwater stretch of Ashtamudi in Kollam. Let us check out three interesting houseboat cruise packages offered by DTPC Kollam. Exotic Blue Water Cruises: The package has three options: Round-the-trip Cruise See & Sleep […]

Two truck-loads of food waste, 150 sacks of plastic waste collected a day Another peak tourist season has begun, but a permanent waste management system is yet to be in place in Kovalam. The beaches and resorts that dot the Light House, Eve’s and Samudra beaches are turning lively with the arrival of vacationers. Yet […]

The lush greenery of Kerala, its placid backwaters, breathtaking monsoon rains and the Ayurveda-themed pavilion of Kerala Tourism welcomed Arab travellers at the Arabian Travel Market (ATM) 2015, held at the Dubai World Trade Centre. A delegation, led by Mr. P. I. Sheik Pareeth, Director, Kerala Tourism and Mr. Ali Agsar Pasha, Managing Director, Kerala […]

Kerala Tourism’s Visit Kerala 2015, a new initiative to promote the destination and increase footfall, will be kicked off on April 9. The initiative, which will include events ranging from arts to sports, will be on from April 15 this year to April 14, 2016. The start of Visit Kerala will coincide with Vishu, a […]

Twenty-two international riders have already confirmed their participation in the third edition of the MTB Kerala – 2015, an international mountain biking event, hosted by the Kerala Adventure Tourism Promotion Society (KATPS) , an initiative of the Kerala Tourism Department, will be held at the Priyadarshini tea estate at Pancharakkolly, near Mananthavady, on April 18. […]

Kerala Tourism was today conferred the national Web Ratna Award for 2014 for exemplary e-governance initiative through the Internet. The Kerala Tourism website (www.keralatourism.org) won the Golden Icon award in the ‘Outstanding Content’ category of the Web Ratna Awards, instituted by the Union government under the ambit of the National Portal of India. Kerala Tourism […]

Ayurveda has been a big hit in Russian capital Moscow, with many women who were looking at alternate health care practices asking about it during the country’s largest tourism fair. The public and industry representatives streamed into the Kerala Tourism stall during the four-day 22nd Moscow International Travel and Tourism Exhibition (MITT) that ended on […]

Kerala Tourism’s popular global multimedia campaign to promote the backwaters has won the Golden Gate award at the Internationale Tourismus-Borse Berlin (ITB-Berlin) – 2015, the world’s leading travel trade event. The state tourism department bagged the silver prize at the Das Golden Stadttor (Golden Gate) Awards presented in the German capital on Thursday night. Tourism […]

Kerala Tourism has once again cornered attention at the Internationale Tourismus-Börse Berlin (ITB Berlin)- 2015, the world’s largest tourism trade fair. The Kerala Tourism stand, with the Great Backwaters of Kerala theme, having a floor area of 128 sq m is the biggest among the State tourism boards from India. It was jointly inaugurated by […]

Kerala Blog Express 2.0, the second edition of the campaign hosted by Kerala Tourism to enable some of world’s foremost online travel writers to explore the state, took off here on Tuesday. Kerala Blog Express 2.0, flagged off by Health Minister V S Sivakumar, takes selected ace bloggers from around the world on a two-week […]

[quote type=”center”]The Kerala Tourism stand is the biggest among the state tourism boards from India at the prestigious Internationale Tourismus-Borse Berlin (ITB Berlin) – 2015, said a Kerala minister.[/quote] ITB Berlin is world’s largest tourism trade fair that began on Wednesday. “We are sure that Kerala Tourism will be raised to a higher platform at […]

Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Tourism proposes to launch a new global campaign aiming to catapult the state’s majestic backwaters in the league of the Grand Canyon and the Great Wall of China as a once-in-a-lifetime experience. Voted ahead of the Taj Mahal in a National Geographic Traveller survey of top Indian tourism destinations, the backwaters of Kerala […]

95% of island identified for the project comes under CRZ area An expert team of the Kerala State Council for Science, Technology and Environment has rejected the proposal to set up a Rs. 1,000 crore multi-super specialty hospital complex on nearly 150 acres in Chariyanthuruthu in Kadamakkudy panchayat for violation of provisions of the Coastal […]

The website of Kerala Tourism has won the national award for deploying the latest advances in Information Technology for marketing. Bolstered by the award, yet another one to its swelling kitty in recent times, Kerala Tourism announced that it would roll out a new set of user-friendly mobile-based applications very soon. Kerala Tourism Minister A […]

For the second year running, Kerala has been rated the best tourist destination in the country, according to a survey. The survey says: “Kerala topping the list is a no-brainer.” The survey was conducted by the Nielsen Company on behalf of the Outlook Traveller magazine. “The Outlook Survey has come as a big endorsement for […]