Kerala Tourism has decided to organise ‘partnership meet’ in European cities (Rome, Paris, Brussels, Stockholm) and Scandinavian countries (Norway, Denmark and Sweden), in order to promote tourism to the state. This information was divulged by Suresh Kumar PG, Deputy Director (Publicity & Marketing), Department of Tourism, Government of Kerala. He however, refused to disclose the dates of the meets.
Further to promote tourism in the state, Kerala Tourism will attend ‘Otdykh Leisure Moscow,’ the 15th International Trade Fair for Travel and Tourism, which will be held from September 22-25, 2009 at IEC Crocus Expo in Moscow. It will also attend the PATA Travel Mart 2009, which will be held at Hangzhou in China from September 22- 25, 2009. Sources said that Kerala Tourism has booked a stall at PATA Travel Mart.
Kerala received 1.9 lakh foreign tourist and 18 lakh domestic tourists in Quarter One of 2009, which marks 3.21 per cent increase in domestic arrivals and 18 per cent decline in foreign arrivals compared to previous year. Sources opined that when calculated together (international |