Issue No. 147 - November 2005

ISSUE: 147

NOVEMBER 2005

The Tourism Advisory Committee which held its first meeting recently in the state capital, decided to form four Working Groups ...

Development works in beach destination, Kovalam would be linked with the development project for the city corporation, said Mr. K. C. Venugopal, Minister for Tourism. ...

Kerala is all set to welcome travellers and tourists to yet another tourist season. Various stakeholders in the tourism...

Kerala Tourism would soon launch an Agro- Tourism project, said Mr. K. C. Venugopal, Minister for Tourism. ...

Kerala would be developed as a major tourist destination in the world, said Mr. K. C. Venugopal, Minister for Tourism. ...

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When Vasco da Gama, the ancient Portuguese traveller returned from Kerala with a shipment of spices, it was the beginning of a new era in the state?s relations with foreign countries. ...

Southern Splendour, the luxury tourist train service would pass through Kerala and will have four stoppages in the State. ...

The draft of guidelines for Special Tourism Zones (STZ) once again reaffirms the State?s commitment towards quality and eco- friendly tourism development. ...

A 13- member team from Russia recently visited the State to understand in detail about Ayurveda in order to popularise...

The Ministry of Tourism has launched an exclusive website on rural destinations - www.exploreruralindia.org. ...

The recently concluded fourth edition of the India International Boat Show (IIBS) 2005, once again proved the event?s importance in the international leisure boating and water sports arena. ...

An analysis of tourist arrivals for the year 2004 has shown that USA has become the largest tourist market for India surpassing the UK, the leader so far. Now, USA has 15.5% share in the country?s total tourist arrivals followed by UK, 14.8%. ...

Medical Tourism as an industry has begun to assume a concrete shape with the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and the Ministry of Tourism ...

The Ministry of Tourism, Government of India has been voted unanimously the most outstanding organization in the Asia Pacific Region by the readers of TTG Travel, a leading tourism publication being brought out from Singapore....

In order to ensure very high safety standards in adventure tourism activities, the Union Government has proposed an accreditation...

The State Minister for Tourism, Mr. K. C. Venugopal released two well-crafted tourism handbooks recently in Thiruvananthapuram. ...

Mr. K. C. Venugopal, Minister for Tourism, released ?Tourism Vogue?, a newsletter published jointly by Kerala Tourism and the Kerala Institute of Tourism and Travel Studies (KITTS). ...