Kerala Tourism to Sign MoU with St Petersburg

KERALA TOURISM NEWSLETTER

ISSUE: 266

OCTOBER 2015

Kerala Tourism and St Petersburg will sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to promote tourist inflow from this second largest Russian city to Thiruvananthapuram and Kochi.

A meeting between Mr. G. Kamala Vardhana Rao, Secretary, Kerala Tourism and Mr. Arun Kumar Sharma, Consul General of India in St Petersburg with Rimma Sachinova, Deputy Chairman, St Petersburg Tourism, paved the way for an agreement on the MoU, which is expected to give a huge fillip to tourist arrivals to Kerala from the historic city of St Petersburg.

Kerala Tourism has had a busy schedule in Russia, with a roadshow conducted in the port city of St Petersburg and followed by the OTDYKH Leisure 2015, a four-day International Trade Fair for travel and tourism held in Moscow. The road show, which hosted trade and media meetings, saw huge footfalls from the Russian trade fraternity.

“We have received a positive response from the people here. The Russians have showed great interest in knowing more about our State,” said Mr. A. P. Anil Kumar, Minister for Tourism, Kerala.

Various measures to strengthen the business relationship between Russia and Kerala were also discussed.