Issue No. 120 - August 2003

ISSUE: 120

AUGUST 2003

Be part of a travel mart, enabling one to fathom the cultural and physical wonders of Malabar ...

5000 tourism clubs to come up in three year?s time....

Tourism to the rescue of Alappuzha port.In a statement made recently in the Kerala State Legislative Assembly, the Minister for Cooperation and Ports, Mr. M. V. Raghavan said that the Government would like to convert the Alappuzha port into a tourist project, catering to the needs of both foreign and domestic tourists....

The historic Arakkal Palace gets a much needed face-lift....

Aakkulam tourist village, emerging as a tourist centre with a variety of attractions....

A new District Tourism Promotion Council (DTPC) facilitation centre at Kallar is getting ready for commissioning....

The chartered flights bringing foreign nationals to Kerala will have up market tourists from Russia and Netherlands to mark the opening of this year?s tourist season....

In its first year of inception itself, Gavi Eco-Tourism, a project of the Kerala Forest Development Corporation in Pathanamthitta has caught the attention of tourists, mostly from European countries....

Tourism industry of the state to innovate their products and services, says Tourism Secretary Mr.T. Balakrishnan.Inaugurating the two-day seminar on ?Tourism product development and marketing? held at the Kanakakunnu Palace recently, the Secretary for Tourism, Mr. T. Balakrishnan stressed the need for improving the tourism products of the state, with more innovation and value-added services. ...

Kochi will once again play host to India International Boat Show (IIBS) to be held this year from September 26-28....

Kerala will participate in the India Tourism Festival, slated for the first week of October in Coimbatore....

A luxury yacht is getting ready to grace the backwaters of Kerala.Called M. V. Vrinda, the yacht is being introduced by Oberoi Hotels and Resorts and will become operational in November, this year....

Road network to be fine tuned in important tourist locales.A high level committee meeting chaired by the Minister for Tourism, Prof. K. V. Thomas and the Minister for Public Works, Dr. M. K. Muneer gave the go ahead for renovation of roads in various tourism centers of Kerala. ...

51-day annual Soorya Festival begins on September 21....

Southern states getting ready for aggressive marketing of South India?s tourism potential....

A Spa of international standards and equipped with health rejuvenation therapies was recently opened at the Vythiri Resort by the Minister for Tourism, Prof. K. V. Thomas....

Logo released for ?Swarnam 2003? the first of its kind Gold Festival in Kerala.The logo for the Kerala gold festival, ?Swarnam 2003?, was released by the Minister for Finance, Mr. K. Sankaranarayanan at a function held recently at the Government Guest House in Thiruvananthapuram. ...

The period January to February of this year showed excellent growth rate in tourist arrival compared to the same period last year....

Vision document attempts to boost the tourism potential of Thiruvananthapuram.The Draft Vision Document for Thiruvananthapuram Capital Region has identified certain thrust areas for creating world-class tourist infrastructure. ...

A massive tourism project by tapping the tourism resources of Poovar, a major fishing village near the capital city of Thiruvananthapuram is on the anvil....